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unwritten law
The municipal laws of England are: (1) the unwritten or common law, which includes customs, general and particular, and particular laws. General customs, or the common law properly so called, are founded on immemorial universal usage, whereof judicial decisions are the evidence. Particular laws are such as, by special custom, are adopted and used only in particular courts, and under the control of the common and statute laws; namely, the Roman civil and Canon [church] laws.
Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)
Language : English