Unwritten+law

  • 51Law of nations — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …

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  • 52Law of nature — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …

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  • 53Law of the land — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 54Law of Israel — combines common law and civil law.ources of Israeli lawIsraeli law draws on the following sources: *The Mecelle (מג לה) Ottoman casuistic Muslim law (matrimonial and Real Estate Registration) *British common law *Israeli codification (torts and… …

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  • 55unwritten — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not written. 2) (especially of a law) resting originally on custom or judicial decision rather than on statute …

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  • 56organic law — or·gan·ic law n: the body of laws (as in a constitution or charter) that form the original foundation of a government; also: one of the laws that make up such a body Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. organic law …

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  • 57Law of Canada — The Canadian legal system has its foundation in the British common law system, inherited from being a former colony of the United Kingdom and later a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Quebec, however, still retains a civil system for issues… …

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  • 58natural law — n: a body of law or a specific principle of law that is held to be derived from nature and binding upon human society in the absence of or in addition to positive law ◇ While natural law, based on a notion of timeless order, does not receive as… …

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  • 59law — n. statute, regulation 1) to administer, apply, enforce a law 2) to adopt, enact, pass; draft; promulgate a law 3) to obey, observe a law 4) to interpret a law (courts interpret laws) 5) to annul, repeal, revoke a law; to declare a law… …

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  • 60unwritten — [[t]ʌ̱nrɪ̱t(ə)n[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Something such as a book that is unwritten has not been printed or written down. Universal have agreed to pay ₤2.5 million for Grisham s next, as yet unwritten, novel. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n An unwritten rule,… …

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