fundamental law


noun
  1. the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.

Origin of fundamental law

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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How to use fundamental law in a sentence

  • 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

fundamental law

noun
  1. the law determining the constitution of the government of a state; organic law

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