Positive Law Definition

noun
A body of laws or principles guiding human conduct established by human authority, often contrasted with natural law.
American Heritage
The body of laws that have been enacted in a particular community and that are upheld by the courts of that community, as distinct from natural law.
Webster's New World Law

Other Word Forms of Positive Law

Noun

Singular:
positive law
Plural:
positive-laws

Origin of Positive Law

  • From positive explicitly laid down, established by human authority

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 1651: From Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan

    From Wiktionary

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