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Definition of Rule of law
1. Noun. A state of order in which events conform to the law.
Definition of Rule of law
1. Noun. (legal) The doctrine that no individual is above the law and that everyone must answer to it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rule Of Law
Literary usage of Rule of law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1920)
"Revival of debts barred by some positive rule of law. The often quoted rule that
debts which were once enforceable through the medium of an implied promise, ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1908)
"CHAPTER XII rule of law COMPARED WITH DROIT ... 17), to the rule of law as
understood by Englishmen. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"It Is a rule of law, we think, well grounded in principles of equity and justice,
that where a corporation holds out a particular officer as authorized to ..."
4. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"... when the general object of the charity was specific and certain, and not
contrary to any positive rule of law. Wilmot's Opinions, 24, 33 ; 1 Bro. ..."
5. Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution by Albert Venn Dicey (1897)
"CHAPTER XII rule of law CONTRASTED WITH DROIT ... illustrates the full meaning
of that rule of law which is an essential characteristic of our Constitution. ..."
6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"If each tribunal acting within Its sphere may examine and declare for itself,
independently of the other, what rule of law shall govern the decisions, ..."
7. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"The English courts manifest great reluctance to abandon the former rule of law
on this subject. 2. Reference to later decisions. 3. What amounts to a seal, ..."
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