law of the land

American  

noun

plural

laws of the land

1. the body of laws and customs in effect in a country or other territory, or any one of these laws or customs.

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Example Sentences

Constitution are now the “supreme law of the land.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The US Constitution considers treaties the country enters to be the "supreme law of the land".

From BBC

The complex traceability rules are incompatible with real-world supply chains, making the regulation the law of the land even for those who don’t intend to do business with the EU.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They never bothered about the law of the land," he added.

From Barron's

"They declared their allegiance to the law of the land and their respect for the judicial process," chief prosecutor Tajul Islam told reporters.

From Barron's