law of the land
Example 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
"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
There’s an easy solution that won’t compromise safety—a solution that was once the law of the land and has strong evidence to suggest it worked better than the system we have today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The Supreme Court’s finding has been the law of the land since, with Congress occasionally broadening the scope of citizenship based on the court’s ruling.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 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
