lex scripta

American  

[leks skrip-tuh] / lɛks ˈskrɪp tə /

noun

Law.

1. written law; statute law.

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lex scripta British  

noun

1. the written law; statute law

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Etymology

Origin of lex scripta

From Latin lēx scrīpta

Example Sentences

All, that can be said about it, lies in a filbert shell, ita lex scripta est, ita rerum natura.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

Arguments drawn from impolicy or inconvenience, says Judge Story, ought here to be of no weight, as "the only sound principle is to declare ita lex scripta est, to follow and to obey."

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

Blackstone divides the civil law of England into lex scripta or statute law, and lex non scripta or common law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

Mr. Justice Grayley was almost unrivalled in his knowledge of the details of the law; his governing maxim being ita lex scripta.

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel

The "lex scripta," or written law of Masonry, is derived from a variety of sources, and was framed at different periods.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.