first law
noun
: the most important principle
He teaches his students that balance is the first law of architecture.
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France also played a leading role in drafting the EU’s AI Act, which is the first law regulating artificial intelligence.
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
The first law tells us that the total amount of energy in the world remains constant.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
In December 2019, five months after Dawkins’ second conviction, California enacted the nation’s first law establishing the rights of college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The Northwest Ordinance, enacted in 1789 as one of the nation’s first laws, demonstrates the founding generation’s commitment to a distribution of property and education radically greater than had been achieved even at the height of the English revolutions a century earlier.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
The first law tells us that the total amount of energy in the world remains constant.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
In December 2019, five months after Dawkins’ second conviction, California enacted the nation’s first law establishing the rights of college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The Northwest Ordinance, enacted in 1789 as one of the nation’s first laws, demonstrates the founding generation’s commitment to a distribution of property and education radically greater than had been achieved even at the height of the English revolutions a century earlier.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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“First law.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20law. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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