law of the land

Noun law of the land has 1 sense

• law of the land(n = noun.group) - a phrase used in the Magna Carta to refer to the then established law of the kingdom (as distinct from Roman or civil law); today it refers to fundamental principles of justice commensurate with due process; "the United States Constitution declares itself to be `the supreme law of the land'"
is a kind of jurisprudence, law