单词 | folk-law |
释义 | > as lemmasfolk-law folk-law n. (usually in plural) a customary law of the people, applied esp. to the Leges Barbarorum, the laws of the Germanic peoples. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > common and customary eeOE customc1300 common lawa1325 consuetude1496 custom law1616 folk-law1884 1884 Academy 23 Feb. 126/1 Folk-law is astonishingly conservative. 1898 E. Jenks Law & Politics Middle Ages ii. 32 While France and Germany have their feudal laws..England is still in the twilight of the folk-laws. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. iv. 175 It is not a mere quibble..to question a sharp cleavage between ideas of royal law and folk-law. < as lemmas |
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