public law
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.21 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "public laws of this state"
- "And be it enacted, That the work be published in octavo form, in one volume, and on paper, and with types as good as those of the last revision of the laws of this state, and with a copious alphabetical index of all the matters contained in this new compilation, and in the last revision of the public laws of this state."