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Unwritten Law

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Noun

1. unwritten law

law based on customary behavior

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Unwritten Law

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noun
1. 
the law based upon custom, usage, and judicial decisions, as distinguished from the enactments of a legislature, orders or decrees in writing, etc
2.  the unwritten law

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Unwritten Law

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1. 
law originating in custom, usage, court decisions, etc., rather than in the action of any lawmaking body
2. 
the traditionally assumed rule that a man may, with impunity, criminally assault the seducer or raper of his wife or daughter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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