trite law

Noun

 * 1) Laws that are obvious or common knowledge.
 * 2) * 1928. Lord Sumner, Levene v. Inland Revenue A.C. 217,227.
 * It is trite law that His Majesty's subjects are free if they can make their own arrangements so that their cases may fall outside the scope of the taxing Acts.
 * 1) * 2006. Gordon Jackson (Glasgow Govan), Subordinate Legislation Committee Official Report #31, October 2006.
 * Trite law is law that, if you do not know it, you should. It is like saying that two and two is four. For example, there is a presumption of innocence in Scotland. That is trite law—something that everybody knows."