natural law
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
natural law (countable and uncountable, plural natural laws)
- (philosophy) An ethical theory that posits the existence of a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere.
- (law) A generally accepted concept of the philosophical system of legal and moral principles purportedly deriving from a natural or divine justice and not from a position of positive law but of ideas of right and wrong.
- Law of nature, relating to natural phenomena.
Related terms[edit]
- physical law (contradistinction)
Translations[edit]
An ethical theory
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A generally accepted concept of the philosophical system of legal and moral principles
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Law of nature
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References[edit]
- Black's Law Dictionary 10th Edition (2014)