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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]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Claes | | KLAHS | Swedish |
Tatienne | | - | French |
Aatto | | AH:T-to | Finnish |
Nokomis | | - | New World Mythology |
Saveriu | | - | Corsican |
Miriam | | MIR-ee-əm (English) | Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |