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
ClaesKLAHSSwedish
Tatienne-French
AattoAH:T-toFinnish
Nokomis-New World Mythology
Saveriu-Corsican
MiriamMIR-ee-əm (English)Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew