fundamental law
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffundamentalandlaw
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fundamental
adjective
uk/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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law
noun
uk/lɔː/us/lɑː/
a rule, usually made by a government, that is used to order the way in which a ...
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(Definition offundamentalandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was far from a belief that everything would "turn out" under the newfundamentallaw.
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This would violate afundamentallawof quantum mechanics called unitarity.
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That is afundamentallawof economics.
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That is afundamentallawof nature.
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That is afundamentallawof rent.
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We will also observe that the aforementioned principle is an emergent one, as opposed to being afundamentallawof nature.
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But what is the mostfundamentallawof nature?
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What is thefundamentallawwhich governs all these problems?
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The second objection to the provision is that it changesfundamentallaw.
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A constitution is, in principle, afundamentallawdetermining a country's form of government.
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That is afundamentallawand should be a fundamental principle of our constitution.
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The newfundamentallawwould have guaranteed that the elections were held in transparent circumstances.
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It was a restricted, though genuine version of liberalism whose main objective was not so much the limitation as the regularisation of state authority by means of afundamentallaw.
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There is nofundamentallawwhich can suddenly be passed that will cut the accident rate as we want.
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After all, it is afundamentallawof life that one cannot breed strength out of weakness.
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As with all changes, and particularly such important changes as those made tofundamentallaw, very much depends on the way they are implemented.
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It interferes in thefundamentallawof our economy that the price of goods shall be determined by the relationship between supply and demand.
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It, and it alone, can make and unmake at its will, can destroy every institution in the country, and alter everyfundamentallaw.
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Again as regards the reversal of the burden of proof, something which is recognised in international,fundamentallaw, the presumption of innocence is essential.
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Discussion of this question has been hampered by the technical point about how to entrenchfundamentallawin an unwritten constitution.
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I do not accept that there is any divine law or anyfundamentallawin our system of the registration of births.
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It may be that it would be preferable so to limit the basic qualification of the franchise, but that is not ourfundamentallawat present.
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Once a passage has been made, that is irrevocable and irreversible if the bureaucrats and the unelected people who now govern us infundamentallawhave their way.
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I always feel there is only onefundamentallawof nature—namely, that what is destroyed must either be replaced or allowed to replace itself by natural regeneration.
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To be effective, afundamentallawneeds to have life breathed into it; in other words, it has to be put into practice and invested with political power.
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