lex scripta

[ leks skrip-tuh ]

nounLaw.
  1. written law; statute law.

Origin of lex scripta

1
From Latin lēx scrīpta

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lex scripta

noun
  1. the written law; statute law

Origin of lex scripta

1
from Latin

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