unwritten law

unwritten law

Law that, although never enacted in the form of a statute or ordinance, has the sanction of custom.

? The term traditionally includes caselaw.

¡ª Also termed jus non scriptum; jus ex non scripto; lex non scripta; jus moribus constitutum.


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