law of the land
Americannoun
plural
laws of the landExample Sentences
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The US Constitution considers treaties the country enters to be the "supreme law of the land".
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
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 • Dec. 26, 2025
"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 • Oct. 22, 2025
President Joe Biden stated Friday that he believes the Equal Rights Amendment, which guarantees equal rights for women, to be "the law of the land."
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
Women’s suffrage—which had seemed like a radical idea when it was first proposed seventy-two years earlier in central New York—had finally become the law of the land.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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