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• Ius scriptum. In Roman law, written law. Inst. 1, 2, 3. All law that was actually committed to writing, whether it had originated by enactment or by custom, in contradistinction to such parts of the law of custom as were not committed to writing. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 126.

In English law, written law, or statute law, otherwise called "lex scripta," as distinguished from the common law, "lex non scripta." 1 Bl. Comm. 62.

• Ius singulare. In civil law, a peculiar or individual rule, differing from the ius commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, §196.
• Ius stapulae. In old European law, the law of staple, the right of staple. A right or privilege of certain towns of stopping the transport of merchandise en route and requiring that it be offered for sale in their own markets. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 10.
• Ius strictum. "Strict law"; law interpreted without any modification, and in its utmost rigor.
• Jus superveniens auctori accrescit sueccessori. "A right growing to a possessor accrues to the successor". Halk. Lat. Max. 76.