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
TopsyTAHP-seeEnglish (Rare)
LjubaLYOO-bah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, Macedonian
Gweneth-Welsh
Jon[dʒɔn]
Alvey['ælvi]
Clytemnestraklie-təm-NES-trə (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized)