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不文法 (ふぶんほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

不ふ文ぶん法ほう

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Meanings

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noun

unwritten law; common law

law

Legal term referring to law not codified in written statutes, including customary law and judge-made law. Contrasts with 成文法 (statutory law).

See also: 成文法

イギリスでは不ふ文ぶん法ほうが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたしている。
In England, unwritten law plays an important role.

Kanji

不negative, non-, bad
文sentence, literature, style
法method, law, rule

Similar words

成せい文ぶん法ほう
成文法 refers to written, codified law (statutory law), while 不文法 refers to unwritten law such as common law or customary law.

Etymology

Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') + 文 (bun, 'writing') + 法 (hō, 'law'), literally 'unwritten law'. The term is a direct translation of the Western legal concept.