Fundamental
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
This word is applied 6i power is restrained and regulated are fundamental. The constitution of the United States is the fundamental law of the land. See Wolff. Inst. § 984.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
This word is applied to those laws which are the foundation of society. Those laws by which the exercise of power Is restrained and regulated are fundamental. The constitution of the United States is the fundamental law of the land. See Wolffius, Inst Nat. § 984.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
~LAW. The law which determines the constitution of government in a state, and prescribes and regulates the manner of its exercise; the organic law of a State; the constitution.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Constitution. Alterations m a charter which are not "fundamental," and are authorized by the legislature, may be effectually accepted by a majority of the stockholders — a majority pei- capita or of the shares voted, as the case may require. Alterations which actually ' Ketchum v. City of Buffalo, 14 N. Y: 307, 3 Selden, J. 2 Nat. Exchange Bank v. Nat. Bank of North America, 138 Mass. 148 (1883). s See 1 Bl. Com. 331. 4 See Ketchum v. City of Buffalo, 14 N. Y. 367 (1866); Union Pacific E. Co. v. Buffalo County, 9 Neb. 463 change the nature and purposes of the corporation, or ol the enterprise for the prosecution of which it was created, are "fundamental."'