Tacit Law, * A law which derives its authority from the common consent of the people, without any legislative enactment. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 120.

* From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856 Edition. Please see Bouvier's Legal Abbreviations & Abbreviated References for help with obscure nomenclature & references.

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