law_of_the_land.n.01

'law_of_the_land.n.01'

[law_of_the_land.n.01] as in: a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process

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Examples:
the United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'