a dead letter

an agreement or a law which still exists but which people do not obey or which is not effective any more The ceasefire agreement was a dead letter as soon as it was signed since neither side had any intention of keeping to it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Terrence	TER-ənts	English
Bowles	[bəulz]
Eve	[i:v]
Pancrazio	pahn-KRAH-tsyo	Italian
Rita	REE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)	Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese
Carly	KAHR-lee	English