Thereisalsoanotherdistinctionoflawsintofundamentalandnotfundamental：butIcouldneverseeinanyauthorwhatafundamentallawsignifieth。Neverthelessonemayveryreasonablydistinguishlawsinthatmanner。
ForafundamentallawineveryCommonwealthisthatwhich，beingtakenaway，theCommonwealthfailethandisutterlydissolved，asabuildingwhosefoundationisdestroyed。Andthereforeafundamentallawisthatbywhichsubjectsareboundtoupholdwhatsoeverpowerisgiventothesovereign，whetheramonarchorasovereignassembly，withoutwhichtheCommonwealthcannotstand；suchasisthepowerofwarandpeace，ofjudicature，ofelectionofofficers，andofdoingwhatsoeverheshallthinknecessaryforthepublicgood。Notfundamentalisthat，theabrogatingwhereofdrawethnotwithitthedissolutionoftheCommonwealth；suchasarethelawsconcerningcontroversiesbetweensubjectandsubject。Thusmuchofthedivisionoflaws。
Ifindthewordslexcivilisandjuscivile，thatistosay，andlawandrightcivil，promiscuouslyusedforthesamething，eveninthemostlearnedauthors；whichneverthelessoughtnottobeso。Forrightisliberty，namelythatlibertywhichthecivillawleavesus：butcivillawisanobligation，andtakesfromusthelibertywhichthelawofnaturegaveus。Naturegavearighttoeverymantosecurehimselfbyhisownstrength，andtoinvadeasuspectedneighbourbywayofprevention：butthecivillawtakesawaythatliberty，inallcaseswheretheprotectionofthelawmaybesafelystayedfor。
Insomuchaslexandjusareasdifferentasobligationandliberty。
Likewiselawsandchartersaretakenpromiscuouslyforthesamething。Yetchartersaredonationsofthesovereign；andnotlaws，butexemptionsfromlaw。Thephraseofalawisjubeo，injungo；I