Note 113 — Chapter VII · LEGISLATION.
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Constat autem jus nostrum aut ex scripto aut ex non scripto.... Ex non scripto jus venit, quod usus comprobavit. Just. Inst. 1. 2. 3.; 1. 2. 9.
“The municipal law of England may with sufficient propriety be divided into two kinds: the lex non scripta, the unwritten or common law; and the lex scripta, the written or statute law.” Blackstone, I. 63.