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Leges non scriptae

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

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In English law

Unwritten or customary laws, including those ancient acts of parliament which were made before time of memory.

Hale, Com. Law, 5. See 1 Bl. Comm. 63, 64.

Leges non verbis, sed rebus, sunt im- Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant. Luter laws abrogate pricr laws that are contrary tothem.

Broom, Max. 27, 29,