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
Sandy['sændi]
OceanO-shənEnglish (Rare)
Danijela-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Harukahah-ṙoo-kahJapanese
TorTOOR (Swedish, Norwegian), TOR (Danish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
BlazeBLAYZEnglish (Modern)