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natural law Definition

natural law

noun

  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

natural law Law Definition

n

A philosophical explanation of the origins of law, grounding it in purported external facts (such as biology, religious conceptions of right and wrong, and so on) rather than in human custom or practice.