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 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。