Theos-Talk Archives (January 2006 Message tt00217)

Iain wrote:
> Bart, it would be an unwritten law from medieval times what is known as 
> "Common Law"" which was regaurded as accepted practice,both in Scotland and 
> England, as many people including the landed gentry could not write in those 
> days then it would have been an Oral tradition. 
Hell, in Business Law 101 they taught us that Common Law is absolutely 
written down. It is civil, not criminal law, and based on judicial 
precedents, with records VERY carefully kept.

Bart