The law regards the order of nature.

Explanation

Courts must take the natural order into account — a legal result that defies the ordinary course of nature is presumptively wrong.

Where this applies

• A court ruling produces a result that defies common sense and the natural order.
• A legal interpretation leads to an absurd outcome that contradicts how things naturally work.

See also

• 1.1.8 Nature makes no leap; neither does law.
• 1.5.7 The law always intends what is agreeable to reason.