Search Result:law of the land
Overview of noun law_of_the_land
The noun law of the land has 1 sense
- law of the land -- (a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process; "the United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'")