PUBLIC LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does public law mean? 

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

1. a law affecting the public at large

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUBLIC LAW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A law affecting the public at large

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("public 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)