Unwritten+law
11Unwritten Law (disambiguation) — Unwritten Law may refer to: *An unspoken rule. *Unwritten Law, a U.S. punk rock band that started in 1990 * Unwritten Law , a song by The Sound from their 1980 album Jeopardy * The Unwritten Law , a song by Deep Purple from their 1987 album The… …
12unwritten law — law that is not written, custom, norm …
13Unwritten Law (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Unwritten Law Type = Album Artist = Unwritten Law Released = June 2, 1998 Recorded = July/August 1997 Genre = Punk rock Length = 44:37 Label = Interscope Producer = Rick Parashar Reviews = *AllmusicRating|4|5… …
14unwritten law — All that portion of the law, observed and administered in the courts, which has not been enacted or promulgated in the form of a statute or ordinance, including the unenacted portions of the common law, general and particular customs having the… …
15unwritten law — /ˌʌnrɪtn ˈlɔ/ (say .unritn law) noun 1. law which rests for its authority on custom, judicial decision, etc., as distinguished from law originating in written command, statute, or decree. 2. the supposed principle of the right of the individual… …
16unwritten law — noun Date: 1641 law based chiefly on custom rather than legislative enactments …
17unwritten law — The law as established by cases rather than as enacted by a legislative body. Equity as introduced into the United States. State ex rel. Rhodes v Saunders, 66 NH 39, 25 A 588. The theory that a man should not be punished for a homicide where his… …
18law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …
19unwritten law of nations — That part of international law which does not rest upon treaties but which springs from (1) abstract reasoning, (2) custom and usage, (3) the conclusions of publicists based oil ancient and admitted practice, and (4) judicial precedents. 30 Am… …
20unwritten law — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tradition, oral code, mutual understanding; see custom 2 …
