lex scripta

How to use lex scripta in a sentence

• 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

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

  The Principles of Masonic Law | Albert G. Mackey

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

  Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. | Samuel Warren

• It is the court that keeps the statute-books, and interprets and applies the law, whether the lex scripta or the lex non scripta.

  Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 | Various