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。
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).
constitutional law. 1. The body of law deriving from the U.S. Constitution and dealing primarily with govern-mental powers, civil rights, and civil liberties. 2. The body of legal rules that determine the constitution of a state or country with an unwritten constitution. Cf. STATUTORY LAW; COMMON LAW . 3. The field of law dealing with
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code. 1. A complete system of positive law, carefully arranged and officially promulgated; a systematic collection or revision of laws, rules, or regulations (the Uniform Commercial Code). • Strictly, a code is a compilation not just of existing statutes, but also of much of the unwritten law on a subject, which is newly enacted as
lex non scripta (leks non skrip-t[schwa]). [Latin “unwritten law”] Common law, including customs and local laws, as distinguished from statutory law; UNWRITTEN LAW. Pl. leges non scriptae. Cf. LEX SCRIPTA.
jus moribus constitutum (j[schwa]s mor-[schwa]-b[schwa]s kon-st[schwa]-t[y]oo-t[schwa]m). [Latin] See UNWRITTEN LAW.
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