Usually means: Automatic legal effect without action.
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  2. operation of law: Dictionary.com
  3. Operation of law: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. operation of law: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. operation of law: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. Operation of law: Legal dictionary
  8. operation of law: Financial dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (operation of law)

▸ noun:  (law) An application of a legal rule that automatically brings about a legal consequence.

Similar:
execution, operance, proceeding, action, operation, effect, procedure, observance, challenge, acting, more...

Opposite:
de facto, informal, extralegal, non-statutory, customary

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Similar:
execution, operance, proceeding, action, operation, effect, procedure, observance, challenge, acting, more...

Opposite:
de facto, informal, extralegal, non-statutory, customary



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