written law

Example Sentences

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But the court was told there were differences between the written law and the guidance from the secretary of state for the interpretation of that law.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023

Justice demands to be immediate and unconditional, and it can be neither of those things; justice depends on written law, but is in contradiction with it.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2018

Unwritten customs may be as strong as written law, and many of them have developed in our governmental system.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

"It's a poorly written law and there are a lot of ambiguities, but there are a lot of good things in it," said Susan Brennan, chief executive of Second Line Stages in New Orleans.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2015

When the Visigoths, Lombards, and other Germanic peoples settled within the bounds of the Roman Empire they had no such thing as written law.

From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin