Legal Definition and Related Resources of Written law
Meaning of Written law
One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising the leges, plebiscita, senatus consulta, prindpum placita, magistratuum edicta, and responsa prudentum. Inst. 1. 2. 3. Statute law; law deriving its force from express legislative enactment. 1 Rl. Comm. 62, 85.
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Written law in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Also called Statute law. The municipal laws of England are: (2) the written or statute law; being acts of legislative bodies, to only supply what is defective, or to amend only what is amiss, in the unwritten laws. 1 Bl. Com. 63-91, xxiv. See Statute.
Note: This legal definition of Written law in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Meaning of Written Law or Lex Scripta in the Past
This consists of the constitution (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) of the United States of America the constitutions (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) of the several states the acts of the different legislatures, as the acts of congress and of the legislatures of the several states and of treaties. See Statute.[1]
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- Partialy, this information about written law or lex scripta is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including written law or lex scripta.
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