Usually means: Law formally enacted by government.
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▸ noun:  (law) Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law; law prescribed by express enactment or institution.

Similar:
statutory law, statute law, lawcode, law of the land, legislation, book law, black-letter law, basic law, good law, statute, more...

Opposite:
natural law, moral law, divine law

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Similar:
statutory law, statute law, lawcode, law of the land, legislation, book law, black-letter law, basic law, good law, statute, more...

Opposite:
natural law, moral law, divine law



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