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Definition of Law of the land
1. Noun. 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. "The United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of The Land
Literary usage of Law of the land
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the
United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"law of the land.—Here again the language of the great t135! ... be taken or
imprisoned, but by the lawful judgment of his equals, or by the law of the land. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"Courts Apply International Law and Treaties as Part of the Law of the Land.
The courts regard international law as part of the law of the land and apply it ..."
4. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy by William Paley (1835)
"THE law of the land. THAT part of mankind who are beneath the Law of Honor often
make the Law of the Land their rule of life ; that is, they are satisfied ..."
5. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"the exclusive power of making treaties of peace, which, when ratified with the
advice and consent of the Senate, become the supreme law of the land, ..."
6. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1843)
"subject, and the right of parliament, that could " privilege, the law of the
land, the liberty of the " would need no other to destroy the king and " be ..."
7. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"thus duly appointed, it is his duty to proceed forthwith to the execution of his
trust, (d) His powers and duties under the common law of the land may be ..."
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