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Absolute law

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The true and proper law of nature, immutable in the abstract or in principle, in theory, but not in application; for very often the object, the reason, situation, and other circumstances, may vary its exercise and obligation.

1 Steph. Comm. 21 et seq.