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Customary international law

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customnounFrequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
law of nationsnounSynonym of international law.
international lawnounSet of rules generally regarded and accepted as binding in relations between states and between nations, serving as a framework for the practice of stable and organized international relations.
freedom of navigationnounThe principle in customary international law that ships flying the flag of a sovereign state shall not suffer interference from other states, unless when excepted by international law.
common lawnoun(law) Legal system mainly in England and its former colonies with a heavy emphasis on judge-made law, doctrines deduced by casuistry rather than from general principles, and law distributed among judicial decisions rather than codified statutes (as opposed to civil law).
private international lawnounThe law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.
law of naturenounA scientific generalization about nature based upon empirical observation.
lotus principlenoun(law) The principle, in international law, that sovereign states may act in any way they wish as long as they do not contravene an explicit prohibition.
law of warnounLaw concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war.
suit customnoun(law, historical) A service which is owed from time immemorial.
law of the landnoun(law) A particular law or the complete set of laws currently in effect within a jurisdiction, especially with emphasis on the official and authoritative nature of such law.
con lawnounconstitutional law
civil lawnoun(law) The body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community;
law of the seanoun(law) The body of international law that concerns the principles and rules by which public entities, especially states, interact in maritime matters, including navigational rights, sea mineral rights, and coastal waters jurisdiction.
law-waynounA community's specific set of laws and legal practices.
ordre publicnounIn international law, law and order.
international organizationnoun(international law) An organisation established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality.
matter of lawnoun(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.
canon lawnoun(uncountable) The law of the church, religious law.
principle of legalitynounThe principle that the courts should not interpret any statute as curtailing or abrogating a common law right, freedom, or principle, unless the legislative body that made that statute clearly communicated the intention to impose such a restriction.

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