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Written laws
(gcide) | Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. Wrote; p. p. Written; Archaic
imp. & p. p. Writ; p. pr. & vb. n. Writing.] [OE. writen,
AS. wr[imac]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to
OS. wr[imac]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to
tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[imac]zan, Icel. r[imac]ta
to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race
tribe, lineage.]
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1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance
of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable
instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to
write figures.
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2. To set down for reading; to express in legible or
intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed;
to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to
set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
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Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to
one she loves. --Shak.
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I chose to write the thing I durst not speak
To her I loved. --Prior.
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3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
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I purpose to write the history of England from the
accession of King James the Second down to a time
within the memory of men still living. --Macaulay.
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4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth
written on the heart.
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5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own
written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
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He who writes himself by his own inscription is like
an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless
picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell
passengers what shape it is, which else no man could
imagine. --Milton.
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To write to, to communicate by a written document to.
Written laws, laws deriving their force from express
legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from
unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under Law, and
Common law, under Common, a.
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Unwritten laws
(gcide) | Unwritten \Un*writ"ten\, a.
1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten
agreements.
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2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
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Unwritten doctrines (Theol.), such doctrines as have been
handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional
doctrines.
Unwritten law. [Cf. L. lex non scripta.] That part of the
law of England and of the United States which is not
derived from express legislative enactment, or at least
from any enactment now extant and in force as such. This
law is now generally contained in the reports of judicial
decisions. See Common law, under Common.
Unwritten laws, such laws as have been handed down by
tradition or in song. Such were the laws of the early
nations of Europe.
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