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Positive

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Express; absolute; not doubtful; affirmative; direct: as, a positive or positive— affirmation, condition, evidence, fraud, proof, statute, qq. v.

Positive law

Law actually ordained or established; statutory regulations; enacted law, or enactments; the lex scripta.