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positive law
noun
- customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law ).
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Origin of positive law1
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It was not merely by the promise, but also by the gift of life, that the positive law was converted into the nature of a covenant.
We have a positive law prescribing our conduct and the manner and measure of expressing our gratitude to God.
As no positive law against libels existed, they fell under the indefinite class of misdemeanours.
It's so odious that nothing can be suffered to support it but positive law.
Under the shelter of an absurd positive law, those of equity and prudence might, it was thought, be safely despised.
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