land-lawn.
/ˈlan(d)lɔː/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌlɔ/, /ˈlæn(d)ˌlɑ/ 1. (Also †land's law.) The law of a land or country; the ‘law of the land’.
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society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > law of the land or municipal law
land-rightOE
land's lawc1000
common lawa1393
civil law?1541
municipal law?c1550
municipals1586
c1000 Rect. Sing. Pers. c. 4 in R. Schmid Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1832) 376 Ðeos landlagu stænt on suman lande.
c1000 Rect. Sing. Pers. c. 21 in R. Schmid Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen (1832) 382 Landlaga syn mistlice, swa ic ær..sæde.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 132 To stryue and plede for worldly possessions by londis lawe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12095 Þat he yu ne luue mare þan lands lau.
1829 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 230 It's the fashion here for decent bodies, and ilka land has its ain land-law.
2. Law, or a law, relating to land considered as property.
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society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > law of landed property
land-law1878
1878 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 253 The land-laws of that country.
1894 Daily News 20 Apr. 4/7 Mr. John Stuart Mill pointed out that the English land law system was peculiar, and even was alone, among the land law systems of Europe.
1894 F. N. Thorpe Govt. U.S. 9 Land-laws originate in the use of the land for grazing.
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