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Hornbook law

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002457

Well-established, fundamental principles of law that are universally accepted and rarely disputed. These basic legal concepts are often taught to first-year law students and form the foundation of legal understanding. The term originates from early primers for children, which were bound in horn to protect them.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002457
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002457",
  "term": "Hornbook law",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Well-established, fundamental principles of law that are universally accepted and rarely disputed. These basic legal concepts are often taught to first-year law students and form the foundation of legal understanding. The term originates from early primers for children, which were bound in horn to protect them.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/hornbook-law/"
}

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