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单词 unwritten law
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
unwrit′ten law′, 
    1. Lawa law that rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree.
    2. Law 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

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
unwritten law n
  1. the law based upon custom, usage, and judicial decisions, as distinguished from the enactments of a legislature, orders or decrees in writing, etc
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