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Society's rules with teeth, written down so nobody can claim surprise.
means The binding rules a government makes and enforces, that everyone is supposed to follow.
from From Old Norse 'lagu,' literally 'something laid down' — the same root as 'lay,' because rules were things you set in place and left there for all to trip over.
Oldest survivorHammurabi's Code, carved in stone around 1754 BC.
Volume problemNo one alive has read all current laws.
Latin ghost'Ignorantia juris non excusat' — ignorance excuses nobody.