fundamental law
the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
Origin of fundamental law
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How to use fundamental law in a sentence
The outraged grammar stickler mistakes a convention for an immutable and fundamental law of the universe.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA constitution is the fundamental law of the state; and this is expressly declared to be the supreme law.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel WebsterSo love is the fulfilling of the law: not merely "a" law, but the very fundamental law on which our continued existence hangs.
Spirit and Music | H. Ernest HuntThey will discuss it, and must adopt it before it can become a part of the fundamental law.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene ChittendenTo give freedom through freedom is the fundamental law of this realm.
The Aesthetical Essays | Friedrich Schiller
It was the Union, and not the States, severally, which made slavery part and parcel of the fundamental law of the land.
Black and White | Timothy Thomas Fortune
British Dictionary definitions for fundamental law
the law determining the constitution of the government of a state; organic law
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