ORGANIC LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does organic law mean? 

• ORGANIC LAW (noun)
  The noun ORGANIC LAW has 1 sense:

1. law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

  Familiarity information: ORGANIC LAW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORGANIC LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

constitution; fundamental law; organic law

Hypernyms ("organic law" is a kind of...):

law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Instance hyponyms:

Constitution; Constitution of the United States; U.S. Constitution; United States Constitution; US Constitution (the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states)