public law
Also called public act, public statute. a law or statute of a general character that applies to the people of a whole state or nation.
a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships between the state and individuals and with the relations among governmental agencies.: Compare private law.
Origin of public law
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How to use public law in a sentence
On the street is, in fact, is where Linton waged his most public act of war on Uber.
After a stricter EM law, Public Act 4, was voted down last November, many assumed that was the end of the issue.
Hostile Takeover? Snyder Declares Financial Emergency in Detroit | Jay Scott Smith | March 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was not a member of the body, nor is his name connected with any public act having any bearing upon its deliberations.
Albert Gallatin | John Austin StevensI should have been made Doctor with the rest at the public Act, but their expectation of their Chancellor made them defer it.
The Diary of John Evelyn, Volume II (of 2) | John EvelynEvery public act betrays the most positive hostility, not only to everything English, but to the neighbouring States.
The Transvaal from Within | J. P. Fitzpatrick
His first public act was in raising a company of troops and tendering his services to Gen. Braddock.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution | L. Carroll JudsonBut Charles V. had given his consent by a public act, which seemed to be irrevocable.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules Verne
British Dictionary definitions for public law
a law that applies to the public of a state or nation
the branch of law that deals with relations between a state and its individual members: Compare private law
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