Equity is a certain perfect reasoning which interprets and amends the written law 衡平法是解释和修订成文法的完美的根据；它不包含于任何书面文字中，而仅仅存在于真正的理性中。 其拉丁文形式为：aequitas est perfecta quaedam ratio quae jus scriptum interpretatur et emendat; nulla scriptura comprehensa, sed solum in vera ratione consistens。
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written law. Statutory law, together with constitutions and treaties, as opposed to judge-made law. — Also termed jus scriptum; lex scripta.
Law that, although never enacted in the form of a statute or ordinance, has the sanction of custom. • The term traditionally includes caselaw. — Also termed jus non scriptum; jus ex non scripto; lex non scripta; jus moribus constitutum.
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. — Also termed jus non scriptum; jus ex non scripto; lex non scripta; jus moribus constitutum. “[T]he very words of the court promulgating the opinion and making the decision
unwritten law of nations 不成文国际法 指非基于条约而是源于１抽像的推理，２习惯和惯例，３国际法学家依据久获承认的实践做出的论断以及４司法判例而形成的那部分国际法。
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unwritten law 不成文法 包括普通法、有法律约束力的习惯以及根据司法判例或法庭连续作出的相似的决定而形成的规则、原则和格言等在内而未以法令形式颁布或公布的那部分法律。
law in action. The law as applied in the day-to-day workings of the legal system, as opposed to the law found in books. — Sometimes written law-in-action. See LEGAL REALISM. Cf. LAW IN BOOKS.
ground-law. A fundamental law. See FUNDAMENTAL LAW. “If the power of a sovereign or of a government is limited by a ground-law, written or unwritten, a treaty cannot override that constitution.” Theodore D. Woolsey, Introduction to the Study of International Law § 103, at 167 (5th ed. 1878).
uniform law. An unofficial law proposed as legislation for all the states to adopt exactly as written, the purpose being to promote greater consistency among the states. • All the uniform laws are promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. For a complete collection, see Uniform Laws Annotated. See uniform statute