ALL meanings of unwritten law
un·writ·ten law
U u - noun unwritten law a law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree. 1
- noun unwritten law the unwritten law, the supposed principle of the right of the individual to avenge wrongs against personal or family honor, especially in cases involving relations between the sexes: sometimes urged in justification of persons guilty of criminal acts of vengeance. 1
- noun unwritten law the law based upon custom, usage, and judicial decisions, as distinguished from the enactments of a legislature, orders or decrees in writing, etc 0
- noun unwritten law law originating in custom, usage, court decisions, etc., rather than in the action of any lawmaking body 0
- noun unwritten law the traditionally assumed rule that a man may, with impunity, criminally assault the seducer or raper of his wife or daughter 0