UNWRITTEN LAW


Meaning of UNWRITTEN LAW in English

1. a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.

2. the unwritten law , the supposed principle of the right of the individual to avenge wrongs against personal or family honor, esp. in cases involving relations between the sexes: sometimes urged in justification of persons guilty of criminal acts of vengeance.

[ 1635-45 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .