lex non scripta

How to use lex non scripta in a sentence

• The common law is the law of England, the unwritten law of England, the lex non scripta.

  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene Chittenden

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

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 | Various

• My brother, therefore, obeyed the lex non scripta with as little delay as possible.

  The Humour and Pathos of Anglo-Indian Life | Dr. Ticklemore

• Whenever it was possible, they applied their own lex non scripta in preference to acting upon the Spanish Code.

  The Philippine Islands | John Foreman

• But no such statute existing, he must have referred to the common law in the sense of a lex non scripta.

  Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson