Meanings
plural public laws
- uncountablelawA category of law governing the relationship between the state on the one hand and persons (citizens or legal persons including corporations) on the other.
- countablelawAny of the individual laws that constitute that body of law.
public laws of this state
1 more example
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.
1833, New Jersey Legislature, “An Act making provision for a compilation of the Public Laws of this state. Passed the 12th of February, 1833”, in A Compilation of the Public Laws of the State of New-Jersey, Passed Since the Revision in the Year 1820, Arranged and Published Under the Authority of the Legislature, by Josiah Harrison, Camden, New Jersey: Josiah Harrison, page 442
Translations
Catalan dret públic
- dret públiclaw
Chinese Mandarin 公法
- 公法 (gōngfǎ)law
Dutch publiekrecht
- publiekrechtlaw
Estonian avalik õigus
- avalik õiguslaw
Finnish julkisoikeus
- julkisoikeuslaw
French droit public
- droit publiclaw
German öffentliches Recht
- öffentliches Rechtlaw
Greek δημόσιο δίκαιο
- δημόσιο δίκαιο (dimósio díkaio)law
Hindi जन कानून
- जन कानून (jan kānūn)law
Hungarian közjog
- közjoglaw
Italian diritto pubblico
- diritto pubblicolaw
Japanese 公法
- 公法 (kōhō)law
Korean 공법
- 공법 (gongbeop)law
Latin iūs pūblicum
- iūs pūblicumlaw
Latvian publiskās tiesības
- publiskās tiesībaslaw
Lithuanian viešoji teisė
- viešoji teisėlaw
Norwegian Bokmål offentlig rett
- offentlig rettlaw
Persian حقوق عمومی
- حقوق عمومیlaw
Polish prawo publiczne
- prawo publicznelaw
Portuguese direito público
- direito públicolaw
Romanian drept public
- drept publiclaw
Russian обще́ственное пра́во, публи́чное пра́во
- обще́ственное пра́во (obščéstvennoje právo)law
- публи́чное пра́во (publíčnoje právo)law
Slovak verejné právo
- verejné právolaw
Spanish derecho público
- derecho públicolaw
Swedish offentlig rätt
- offentlig rättlaw
Thai กฎหมายมหาชน
- กฎหมายมหาชน (gòt-mǎai-má-hǎa-chon)law
Turkish kamu hukuku
- kamu hukukulaw
Ukrainian публі́чне пра́во
- публі́чне пра́во (publíčne právo)law
Cite this entry
public law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20law
“public law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20law. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public law,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20law.
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