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natural law

  1. rules of conduct supposedly inherent in the relations between human beings and discoverable by reason; law based upon man's innate moral sense
  2. a law of nature
  3. the laws of nature, collectively

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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