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1.0 INTRODUCTION TO MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

1.1.1 DEFINITION OF LAW

Law is the body of enacted or customary rules recognized by a

community as a binding (Oxford English Dictionary).

The system of rules which a particular country or community
recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it

may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

"Law is a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule or

mode of conduct or action that is prescribed or formally

recognized as binding by a supreme controlling authority or is

made obligatory by a sanction (as an edict, decree, rescript,
order, ordinance, statute, resolution, rule, judicial decision, or

usage) made, recognized, or enforced by the controlling

authority." (The Third New International Dictionary from

Merriam-Webster).

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