Talk:Black-letter law

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"Law is the rule which establish that a principle, provision, references, inference, observation, etc. may not require further explanation or clarification when the very nature of them shows that they are basic and elementary."

what does this mean? especially the part that says "law is the rule which establish..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:920D:5700:81B2:5568:FC16:75D0 (talk) 09:50, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Presumably
Derives only 'presumably' from blackletter as a typesetting style ? I was hoping to settle an argument with a lawyer about the derivation, and all you can give me is 'presumably' ? 2001:44B8:3102:BB05:AD53:58D0:E0B3:C5EA (talk) 10:57, 8 September 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 28 November 2023

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The result of the move request was: moved. Per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 00:51, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Black letter law → Black-letter law – Per dictionary definition, and the term is an adjective and therefore needs the hyphenation. This is probably just a technical move but putting this here in case anyone has a strong argument to the contrary. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:08, 28 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Support - The hyphen is present in the sources. Bensci54 (talk) 17:06, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support The hyphen is actually the correct grammar which can sometimes slip by us as editors Jorahm (talk) 19:08, 3 December 2023 (UTC)

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