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public laws

public laws is the plural of public law.

Meaning of public law

Noun

public law (countable and uncountable, plural public laws)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) Any of the individual laws that constitute that body of law.
    • public laws of this state

Questions about public laws

What is public laws the plural of?
Public laws is the plural of public law.

Words near public laws in the dictionary

  1. public key certificates
  2. public key cryptography
  3. public keys
  4. public knowledge
  5. public law
  6. public laws
  7. public libraries
  8. public library
  9. public licence
  10. public licences
  11. public license

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