| 释义 |
unwritten law
noun
1. : law (as the common law of England or the United States) originating in custom or otherwise than as formally made and declared by the sovereign legislative power and not committed to writing at its origin
2. : the custom of granting a measure of immunity to persons guilty of certain criminal acts justified in the eyes of the public especially in avenging injury to family honor arising from seduction or adultery — usually used with the |