public law
nounDefinition of public law
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: a legislative enactment affecting the public at large
2
: a branch of law concerned with regulating the relations of individuals with the government and the organization and conduct of the government itself — compare private law
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South Carolina Columbia: Residents will pay less to go to the state’s only public law school next year. — USA TODAY, "Women in baseball, Lynyrd Skynyrd, circus fire: News from around our 50 states," 1 July 2019 Eight months later, Willems himself was on the way out—exiting a role as one of the White House’s lead trade negotiators with China to join law firm Akin Gump’s public law and policy practice. — Rey Mashayekhi, Fortune, "Here Are All the 'Best People' That Have Quit Trump's Economic Team," 7 June 2019 Klobuchar’s path was glitterier: Yale undergrad, University of Chicago law school, a stint in corporate law before two terms as Hennepin County Attorney (the biggest public law office in Minnesota), and then her successful Senate bid. — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, "Personable, Popular, Pragmatic: Is Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar the Democrat’s Secret Weapon?," 15 Jan. 2019 Others who have made the switch include a top aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Brendan Dunn, who joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in May as a partner in its public law and policy practice. — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Trump draws powerful enemy in trade fight: the Koch brothers," 5 June 2018 The private John Marshall Law School will become part of the University of Illinois at Chicago, creating the city's first public law school. — Fox News, "Chicago's John Marshall Law School to merge into UIC," 20 July 2018 Although the promenade would be open to the public during daylight hours every day, it would be privately owned and not subject to public laws, such as an open container policy. — Meryl Kornfield, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Pier 66 proposal back before Fort Lauderdale commission," 19 June 2018 The addition of new groups or countries would thus take place pursuant to a public law, not secret executive fiat. — Elizabeth Goitein, Fortune, "Congress Is About to Decide Whether to Give Trump More or Less Power to Expand Wars," 4 June 2018 In her budget plan this year, Napolitano is proposing a 2% reduction, with less money requested for systemwide initiatives on issues such as carbon neutrality, food security and public law service fellowships. — Teresa Watanabe, latimes.com, "UC regents to scrutinize Janet Napolitano's office budget in a step toward stronger oversight," 23 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'public law.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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