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lex non scripta

[ leks non skrip-tuh, nohn ]

noun

, Law.
  1. unwritten law; common law.


lex non scripta

/ nɒn ˈskrɪptə /

noun

  1. the unwritten law; common law
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lex non scripta1

From Latin lēx nōn scrīpta
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lex non scripta1

from Latin
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Example Sentences

The common law is the law of England, the unwritten law of England, the lex non scripta.

Blackstone divides the civil law of England into lex scripta or statute law, and lex non scripta or common law.

My brother, therefore, obeyed the lex non scripta with as little delay as possible.

Whenever it was possible, they applied their own lex non scripta in preference to acting upon the Spanish Code.

But no such statute existing, he must have referred to the common law in the sense of a lex non scripta.

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