<P> This term was used in 1787 to write the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which states: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the land ..." The Supremacy Clause is the only place in the Constitution where this exact term was used . </P> <P> This term has been the subject of numerous scholarly works and judicial decisions over the years . Usually the English term is used, but sometimes the Latin: lex terrae, or legem terrae in the accusative case (i.e. when the term is being used as the object in a sentence). </P> <P> Judges and barristers have said for many centuries that the words "law of the land" refer to particular legal requirements . For example, William Bereford, Justice of the Common Pleas, said in 1308 that the then - existing "law of the land requires" a tenant to be summoned by two summoners . In 1550, it was said by John Pollard, who was a serjeant - at - law and later Speaker of the House of Commons, that beating and wounding a man is generally "against the law of the land" (subject to exceptions). </P> <P> British Chief Justice John Fineux stated in 1519 that "the Law of God and the Law of the Land are all one" in the sense that they both protect the public good . British Chief Justice John Vaughan further explained in 1677 that whenever the law of the land declares by a legislative act what divine law is, then the courts must consider that legislation to be correct . </P>

Which of the following is considered to be the supreme law of the land