lex non scripta
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lex non scripta
the unwritten law.Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006
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(5.) Blackstone referred to the common law as
lex non scripta. 1 WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, COMMENTARIES *17, *63; see also MATTHEW HALE, THE HISTORY OF THE COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND 22-23 (3d ed.
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