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  • adjective Not codified, not part of the code of law, not stated as part of a systematic statement of principles.

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Examples

  • Besides, many of Europe's written constitutions are in fact modeled on the uncodified British version.

    The Spoils 2010

  • • Differences might flow from the form and character of the constitution for example, codified as opposed to uncodified constitutions.

    How lawyers think : Law is Cool 2010

  • The verdict depended on when crimes against humanity became part of the uncodified realm of customary international law, thus prohibiting such egregious conduct by all nations and their leaders.

    Cambodia's Precedent for Humanity David J. Scheffer 2010

  • Ripa wrote the first version of his manual in the late 16th century, but the idea of coupling a time-measuring device to a parrot to signify the well-regulated art of Eloquence may have already been 'in the air,' in uncodified form, in the 15th century.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • However, the problem is that because of our uncodified constitution and the top down nature of our system, any change has to be agreed to by a majority of MPs.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Mark Reckons 2009

  • An experimental chemist or physicist has an uncodified ability to interpret instruments, evaluate complex devices, or recognize unexpected results that is the result of experience and training and cannot be reduced to a recipe or algorithm.

    Tacit knowledge Daniel Little 2009

  • An experimental chemist or physicist has an uncodified ability to interpret instruments, evaluate complex devices, or recognize unexpected results that is the result of experience and training and cannot be reduced to a recipe or algorithm.

    Archive 2009-09-01 Daniel Little 2009

  • However, the problem is that because of our uncodified constitution and the top down nature of our system, any change has to be agreed to by a majority of MPs.

    This could be the only chance Mark Reckons 2009

  • Previously I had always maintained the opinion that a modern written constitution, devised to replace the uncodified one under which the United Kingdom currently operates, was a particularly un-British idea on several levels, not least of which was the risk that writing one would inevitably descend to politically correct platidunising see the proposed new European Constitution for evidence of that.

    A Constitution for the United Kingdom? The Orator 2009

  • But the problem is though Ewan that as usual with this country and its uncodified constitution this has been allowed to happen by stealth.

    Seven unelected cabinet ministers Mark Reckons 2009

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