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Meanings of first lawgiver in English

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Usage of first lawgiver in English
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Necessity is the first lawgiver; all the wants which had to be met by this constitution were originally of a commercial nature.
History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 01
2
Not so with Ben-Hur; his spirit had its emotions from the teachings of the first lawgiver, not the last and greatest one.
Ben-Hur
3
"But the first lawgivers were priests," quoth my father.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 03
4
"But Moses was the first lawgiver to forbid taking the nether millstone as a pledge," objected Robin.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate
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