public international law
noun
Also called public law. the law governing the legal relations between independent states or nations and, increasingly, between these and individuals.
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How to use public international law in a sentence
It is of the relations of states that public international law mainly treats.
International Law | George Grafton Wilson and George Fox TuckerIt is as an expounder of public international law that his name will be most widely cherished.
Charles Sumner; his complete works; Volume 2 (of 20) | Charles SumnerThese provisions are recognized by the signatory Powers, as henceforth forming part of public international law.
Stanley in Africa | James P. Boyd
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