I have heard this term a couple times and one guy said it was in the Bible. I had to check and the online search of the King James Version of the Bible returned no results.
Joseph Smith once said, not that we worship the guy; he’s a good one to quote.
"...the teachers of religion of the different sects understood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destroy all confidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
Why is that? One reason, as pointed out by the History Channel, is that every one uses a different version of the Bible. This lack of a common base is a serious source of understanding, or misunderstanding on both sides of an issue.
The U.S. Constitution stands as the base for American law. All states, except Louisiana which stems from French Law, follow English common law. Despite this difference, all states adhere to the U.S. Constitution, which is basically left to interpretation by the Supreme Court as times dictate.