law of nations

noun

international law.

Origin of law of nations

First recorded in 1540–50

Words nearby law of nations

law of large numbers, law of mass action, law of moses, law of motion, law of multiple proportion, law of nations, law of nature, law of parsimony, law of recapitulation, law of referred pain, law of reflection

British Dictionary definitions for law of nations

law of nations

noun

another term for international law