Synonyms for law of the land
law of the land

Princeton's WordNet

1. law of the landnoun

   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'"

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1. Taylor West:

   Federal law is the law of the land in the area of drug control, and it would be absurd if a federal agency looked the other way while the Big Marijuana Business continues to operate without interference. the federal government is going to have to come to terms with the fact that voters have chosen a different way to handle this drug.

2. Superintendent Greg Poole:

   People want to call us racist, but we're following the rules, the law of the land, we're certainly not making this up.

3. Anwar Zaheer Jamali:

   Terrorists are challenging the constitution and the law of the land, but their counsel are citing fundamental rights in their defense.

4. Caleb Alexander:

   To make the case that something is better than nothing is not the law of the land in United States. That's not the evidentiary basis for market access. They have to show substantial evidence of efficacy, and they didn't, you can argue that, theoretically, that this drug should work, but we don't approve drugs on that basis in United States. We do it based on data, not based on theory.

5. Neil Gorsuch:

   That's the law of the land, senator, yes.