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Noun [English]

Forms: natural laws [plural]
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  1. (law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Philosophy Synonyms (generally): law of nature Coordinate_terms (legal or moral principles): arbitrary law, common law, divine law, positive law Translations (universal legal or moral principles): приро́ден зако́н (priróden zakón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 自然法 (zìránfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), přirozené právo [neuter] (Czech), natuurrecht [neuter] (Dutch), luonnonoikeus (Finnish), droit naturel [masculine] (French), ბუნებითი სამართალი (bunebiti samartali) (Georgian), Naturgesetz [neuter] (German), természeti törvény (Hungarian), giusnaturalismo [masculine] (Italian), 自然法 (shizenhō) (alt: しぜんほう) (Japanese), 자연법 (jayeonbeop) (alt: 自然法) (Korean), drept natural [neuter] (Romanian), есте́ственное пра́во (jestéstvennoje právo) [neuter] (Russian), derecho natural [masculine] (Spanish), naturrätt [common-gender] (Swedish), luật của tự nhiên (Vietnamese)
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  2. (law, philosophy) A theory describing or positing such principles. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Philosophy
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  3. A law relating to natural phenomena, a law of nature. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: physical law Translations (law of nature): приро́ден зако́н (priróden zakón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), luonnonlaki (Finnish), loi de la nature [feminine] (French), ბუნების კანონი (bunebis ḳanoni) (Georgian), Naturgesetz [neuter] (German), darna [feminine] (Lithuanian), lege a naturii [feminine] (Romanian), tabiat kanunu (Turkish)
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          "ref": "1850 [1689], Jean Domat, translated by William Strahan, edited by Luther S. Cushing, The Civil Law in Its Natural Order, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 65:",
          "text": "Thus, for example, it is a natural law, that he who has been the author of any damage ought to repair it.",
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          "ref": "1999, William Sweet, “Maritain, Jacques (1882–1973)”, in The Philosophy of Law: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 534:",
          "text": "For Maritain, natural law is not a written law; it is immanent in nature.",
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          "ref": "2010, Roger A. Shiner, “Law and Its Normativity”, in Dennis Patterson, editor, A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 424:",
          "text": "The content of the natural law is the substantive account of ways of living that bring humanity to its natural good. In this broad sense, the natural law is much broader than law understood as a specific human institution.",
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        "(law, philosophy) The set of universal legal or moral principles said to be discernible from nature by reason alone; one of these principles."
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          "ref": "1970, Mark H. Waddicor, Montesquieu and the Philosophy of Natural Law, page 40:",
          "text": "One of the reasons why it is sometimes felt that natural law is a predominantly rationalistic philosophy is because it has been associated with the concepts of the state of nature and of the original contract.",
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          "ref": "1992, Joseph Boyle, “Natural Law and the Ethics of Traditions”, in Robert P. George, editor, Natural Law Theory: Contemporary Essays, →ISBN, page 11:",
          "text": "Another component of natural law is the view that some specific moral norms follow from these principles in such a way that it is easy for people to see their truth, even though it is possible, because of cultural distortion or personal immorality, that people be ignorant of them.",
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          "ref": "2007, W. Duncan Reekie, Spiritual Capital, Natural Law and the Secular Market Place, →ISBN, page 21:",
          "text": "Buckle […] argues that Grotius and Pufendorf understood Natural Law as a science of morals grounded in human nature.",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priróden zakón",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "приро́ден зако́н"
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      "roman": "zìránfǎ",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "自然法"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
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      "word": "přirozené právo"
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      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
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      "word": "natuurrecht"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "luonnonoikeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "droit naturel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bunebiti samartali",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "ბუნებითი სამართალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Naturgesetz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "természeti törvény"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giusnaturalismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しぜんほう",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shizenhō",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "自然法"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jayeonbeop",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "자연법"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drept natural"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jestéstvennoje právo",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "есте́ственное пра́во"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
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      "word": "derecho natural"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "naturrätt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "universal legal or moral principles",
      "word": "luật của tự nhiên"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priróden zakón",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "приро́ден зако́н"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "word": "luonnonlaki"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "loi de la nature"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bunebis ḳanoni",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "word": "ბუნების კანონი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Naturgesetz"
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    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "darna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lege a naturii"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "law of nature",
      "word": "tabiat kanunu"
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}

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