A law or legal principle that opposes, contradicts, or neutralizes another law or principle.
From counter- + law, from Old English lagu (from Old Norse lög, meaning something laid down). The compound suggests laws in opposition.
Counterlaws show up in constitutional systems—like how one court ruling can contradict a previous ruling and then a higher court has to decide which law actually matters!
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