Lex non scripta

{{Short description|Latin expression and legal term}} '''{{lang|la|Lex non scripta}}''' is a Latin expression that means "law not written" or "unwritten law". It is a term that embraces all the laws which do not come under the definition of written law or {{lang|la|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'', the ''law of nations'', the ''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 |language=en}}</ref> and ''customary law''.

==See also== * List of Latin phrases * Unspoken rule

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