( dead letters)
If you say that a law or agreement is a dead letter , you mean that it still exists but people ignore it.
No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.
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( dead letters)
If you say that a law or agreement is a dead letter , you mean that it still exists but people ignore it.
No one does anything about it and the law becomes a dead letter.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006