higher law

Noun

Meaning

a principle that takes precedent over the laws of society

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

principle precept

Examples

Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

There is a higher law than the Constitution. William H. Seward

Both of them mean that Labor has no rights which Capital is bound to respect,-that there is no higher law than human interest and cupidity. James Russell Lowell

But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. William H. Seward

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. Stokely Carmichael

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil. Walter Lippmann

Close letter words and terms

higher jump higher key higher latitude higher learning higher learning institution higher level assembly