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  • n  law based on customary behavior
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    Severino Virgilio, a tailor in Albany, was brought before Judge Brady for engaging in a fight with his wife and another man, but he claimed he caught them in a compromising position in his own room and pleaded that "unwritten law" allowed him to attack them. After spending three years toiling at Albany Law School, six weeks cramming for the state bar exam and two days wrestling with the test's ...
    Aug. 1, 2013 - Albany Times Union

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