Lex Scripta
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Written law; law deriving its force, not from usage, but from express legislative enactment; statutelaw.
1 Bl Comm. 62, 85.
Lex scripta si cesset, id custodiri oportet quod moribus et consuetudine inductum est; et, si qua in re hoe defecerit, tune id quod proximum et consequens ei est; et, si id non appareat, tunc jus quo urbs Romana utitur servari oportet.
7 Coke, 19.
If the written law be silent, that which is drawn from manners and custom ought to be observed;, and, if that is in any manner defective, then that which is next and analogous to it; and, if that does not appear, then the law which Rome uses should be followed. This maxim of Lord Coke is so far followed at the present day that, in cases where there is no precedent of the English courts, the civil law is alwa heard with respect, and often, though not necessarily, followed.
Wharton.
Lex semper dabit remedium. Thelaw _ will always give a remedy.
Branch, Prine; Broom, Max. 192.
Lex semper intendit quod convenit rationi.
Co. Litt. 78).
The law always intends what is agreeable to reason.