universal law

collocation in English

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universal
adjective
uk
/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us
/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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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 ofuniversalandlawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofuniversal law

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The inverse of (1) is not auniversallaw.
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I make no such assumption, nor does my derivation of a proposeduniversallawof generalization require any such assumption.
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That is a basic,universallawof prison life.
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That was theuniversallawof the land.
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The nightingale's spasms fail to resonate with "universallaw" insofar as it now applies to the human community at large, and the lyrical bird dies.
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These results were obtained by assuming, a priori, that the inner part of the velocity profiles obeyed theuniversallawof the wall.
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It is theuniversallawin literature and letters that anybody can criticise a publication.
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It is auniversallaw.
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Ouruniversallawof information processing concerning how multiple sources of ambiguous information are integrated, is revealed only when the information available to the perceiver is taken into account.
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Here then is the 'astro-logical'universallawor chain of harmony that connects astronomical behaviour with music, and music in turn with frequency relationships in the domain of light.
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This historical truth is a legally established right that must be protected and it is auniversallaw.
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But it is auniversallawthat if you increase the facilities for getting beer you increase the amount consumed.
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That is using theuniversallawof the guilty—if it is to be done, it is best that it is done quickly.
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The law of averages is auniversallaw, and applies to knick-knacks and dolls as it does to other things.
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Particular decrees, containing simply an authentic interpretation of auniversallaw, are called equivalently universal.
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Episcopal conferences receive their authority underuniversallawor particular mandates.
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Calling it auniversallawdoes not materially improve on the basic concept.
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In these phenomena he saw the golden ratio operating as auniversallaw.
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Concluding from particular observations into auniversallaw, and then back again: from universal laws to prediction of particulars.
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He re-established the one eternal anduniversallawwhich was masked by the formal religions, leading the pace to one religion i.e., wisdom religion.
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He thus believed that everything in the universe, including fate and destiny, is caused by a force and everything is governed by auniversallaw.
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Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become auniversallaw.
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There is nothing, not even the human soul, the highest spiritual manifestation we know of, that does not come within thisuniversallaw.
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In situation ethics, within each content it is not auniversallawthat is to be followed, but the law of love.
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