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unwritten law definition

unwritten law

  1. law originating in custom, usage, court decisions, etc., rather than in the action of any lawmaking body
  2. the traditionally assumed rule that a man may, with impunity, criminally assault the seducer or raper of his wife or daughter

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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