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Uncodified

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A quick definition of Uncodified:

Term: Uncodified

Definition: Uncodified refers to principles that are not written down in laws, but are instead based on common practices and traditions. This means that they exist only because people have always followed them, rather than because they are written in a book or a set of rules. Sometimes, uncodified principles are entirely unwritten, meaning that they are not even recorded anywhere.

A more thorough explanation:

Uncodified

Absent from legislative statutes and existing only by virtue of the common law. Sometimes used in a wider sense to refer to principles that are entirely unwritten.

Uncodified means that something is not written down in a law or statute. It only exists because of common law, which is based on past court decisions. Sometimes, it can refer to principles that are not written down at all.

One example of an uncodified principle is the presumption of innocence in criminal cases. This principle is not written down in any law, but it is widely accepted and followed in the legal system. Another example is the concept of parliamentary sovereignty in the UK, which is not written down in any one document but is based on various laws and traditions.

Another example is the common law system itself, which is not written down in any one law but is based on centuries of court decisions and legal traditions.

These examples illustrate the definition of uncodified because they show how principles and systems can exist without being written down in a specific law or statute. Instead, they are based on common law, court decisions, and traditions.

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[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:55
How does one know if they are UR1 or UR2?
[] AromaticTroubledDormouse
20:56
CONGRATS MACAQUE!
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got a random stanford email and almost had a heart attack
ALSO CONGRATS!
Congrats1!
21:15
Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
21:15
Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
Dkk
22:32
Nice! @Macaque
Dkk
22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
Dkk
22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
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