lex non scripta
[leks-non skrip-tuh, nohn]
noun Law.
unwritten law; common law.
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Origin of lex non scripta
From the Latin word lēx nōn scrīpta
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lex non scripta
noun
Word Origin for lex non scripta
from Latin
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