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国際ビジネス、渉外法務に役立つ実務表現

natural law

【意味】
自然法則,自然法(理性に基づく人間の普遍的な行為規範)

【参考】
▷ in science, the physical laws of nature; in legal philosophy, a set of universal truths, principles, and rules that properly govern moral human conduct; the unwritten body of universal moral principles that underlie the ethical and legal norms by which human conduct is sometimes evaluated and governed.

【用例】
▷ The term "invention" as used in this Act means a highly advanced creation of technical ideas utilizing the laws of nature. →この法律で「発明」とは、自然法則を利用した技術的思想の創作のうち高度のものをいう(特許法21)
▷ by natural law →自然法によって