# Lex non scripta

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{{Short description|Latin expression and legal term}}
'''{{lang|la|Lex non scripta}}''' is a [Latin](/source/Latin) expression that means "law not written" or "[unwritten law](/source/Unspoken_rule)".  It is a term that embraces all the laws which do not come under the definition of written law or {{lang|la|[lex scripta](/source/lex_scripta)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=lex non scripta |url=https://www.lsd.law/define/lex-non-scripta |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=LSData}}</ref> (i.e. statutory law, created by a governing body<ref>{{Cite web |title=lex scripta |url=https://www.lsd.law/define/lex-scripta |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=LSData}}</ref>). It is composed, principally, of the ''[law of nature](/source/Natural_law)'', the ''[law of nations](/source/International_law)'', the ''[common law](/source/common_law)'',<ref>{{Cite dictionary |title=lex non scripta |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lex%20non%20scripta |access-date=2024-10-15 |dictionary=[Merriam-Webster](/source/Merriam-Webster) |language=en}}</ref> and ''[customary law](/source/customary_law)''.

==See also==
* [List of Latin phrases](/source/List_of_Latin_phrases)
* [Unspoken rule](/source/Unspoken_rule)

==References==
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