Law Of The Land

Definition: Law Of The Land

Law Of The Land

Noun

1. 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 "the supreme law of the land").

Crosswords: Law Of The Land

English words defined with "law of the land": Canon law, Chattels real, Comity of nations, Couchant and levant ♦ dispossession ♦ easement, eviction ♦ Fee farm, Fine for alienation, Foot of the fine, Forcible entry and detainer ♦ Ground annual ♦ Heritable rights ♦ international law ♦ legal ouster, Lex, Life land ♦ pragmatic sanction, Primer seizin ♦ Real composition, Rent charge, Right of drip ♦ Superstitious use ♦ Writ of entry. (references)

Specialty definitions using "law of the land": Agrarian Law, Agricultural Market Transition Act, Alaska Native village, Australian Capital Territory ♦ Class I land, Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961 ♦ dummy locator ♦ Excess land ♦ Haying and grazing rules ♦ laws of war, lode claim ♦ mineral interests, Morrill Act of 1862 ♦ National Forest Management Act of 1976 ♦ principles of combat, Production flexibility contract ♦ Reclamation Act of 1902, Riparian Rights, riparian water rights, rules of war ♦ Samaritan Pentateuch ♦ tortoise. (references)

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Modern Usage: Law Of The Land

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The law of the land. (The Field; writing credit: John B. Keane; Jim Sheridan)
Movie/TV Titles	Law of the Land (1917) Our Constitution: The Law of the Land (1990) Law of the Land (1976)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Law Of The Land

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	No freemen shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. (reference)
John Locke	1690	By the law of the land, which is not to be violated. (Second Treatise of Government)
US Constitution	1791	Clause 2: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; 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 State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. (reference)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Law Of The Land

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Mauritania	The oath of office includes a promise to God to uphold the law of the land in conformity with Islamic precepts. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Law Of The Land

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George W. Bush	2001-2005	Accountability for results is now the law of the land.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Law Of The Land

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
law of the land	23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Law Of The Land

Language		Translations for "law of the land"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Manx		leigh ny cheerey. (various references)

Pig Latin		awlay ofay ethay andlay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Law Of The Land

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-h-l-l-n-o-t-w"
	-4 letters: downfall, fallowed, flathead, flatland, halftone, halloaed, hallowed, tallowed.
	-5 letters: allowed, anethol, dewfall, ethanol, fathead, floated, floatel, halloed, hollaed, holland, lanated, letdown, loathed, lowland, taloned, tenfold, towhead, wetland.
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