unwritten law



unwritten law

An accepted although informal rule of behavior, as in It's an unwritten law that you lock the gate when you leave the swimming pool. [Mid-1400s]
See also: law

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Harukihah-ṙoo-keeJapanese
Bodil-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
JarkkoYAHRK-koFinnish
Airiah-ee-ṙee Japanese
BertholdBERT-hawltGerman (Archaic)
Binay-Bengali