Noun
positive law (usually uncountable, plural positive laws)
(law) Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law, prescribed by express enactment or institution.
The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. Edward Gibbon
There is no merit in a settlement: it depends upon positive law. John Eardley Wilmot
He then added that the “community of goods is ascribed to the natural law,” whereas the “the division of possessions is not according to the natural law, but rather arose from human agreement which belongs to positive law.” Source: Internet
In case of a conflict between the text of the Statutes at Large and the text of a provision of the United States Code that has not been enacted as positive law, the text of the Statutes at Large takes precedence. Source: Internet
“On the contrary, we consider it a very positive law and we are working to improve its implementation,” Cano said. Source: Internet
Ius inter gentes (which corresponds to modern international law) was something common to the majority of countries, although, being positive law, not natural law, was not necessarily universal. Source: Internet