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Black Letter Law

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A term used to describe basic principles of law that are accepted by a majority of judges in most states.

The term probably derives from the practice of publishers of encyclopedias and legal treatises to highlight principles of law by printing them in boldface type.



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I knew the black letter law as well as anybody, but then suddenly I was dealing with people who had been litigating 20, 30 years, and they beat the heck out of me," Forst said.
Mirza Ahmad, barrister and chief legal officer for Birmingham City Council, has supported the Black Letter Law campaign to increase the number of ethnic minority lawyers in the profession.
When explaining the core rules of the internal market, Davies recites the black letter law without providing much in the way of context.
 
 
 
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