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natural law
Principles considered to come from nature and to bind human society in the absence of or in addition to human-made (positive) law.For example, the Declaration of Independence's statement that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." is an assertion of natural law.
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