Unwritten

Unwritten
Unwritten Un*writ"ten, a. 1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements. [1913 Webster]

2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper. [1913 Webster]

{Unwritten doctrines} (Theol.), such doctrines as have been handed down by word of mouth; oral or traditional doctrines.

{Unwritten law}. [Cf. L. lex non scripta.] That part of the law of England and of the United States which is not derived from express legislative enactment, or at least from any enactment now extant and in force as such. This law is now generally contained in the reports of judicial decisions. See {Common law}, under {Common}.

{Unwritten laws}, such laws as have been handed down by tradition or in song. Such were the laws of the early nations of Europe. [1913 Webster]


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  • unwritten — index nuncupative, oral, parol, prescriptive, verbal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unwritten — mid 14c., from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of WRITE (Cf. write). Cf. O.E. unwriten, O.N. uritinn …   Etymology dictionary

  • unwritten — [adj] understood accepted, conventional, customary, oral, spoken, tacit, traditional, unformulated, unrecorded, unsaid, verbal, vocal, word of mouth; concepts 267,533 Ant. explained, explicated, stated, written  …   New thesaurus

  • unwritten — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not written. 2) (especially of a law) resting originally on custom or judicial decision rather than on statute …   English terms dictionary

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  • unwritten — [[t]ʌ̱nrɪ̱t(ə)n[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Something such as a book that is unwritten has not been printed or written down. Universal have agreed to pay ₤2.5 million for Grisham s next, as yet unwritten, novel. 2) ADJ: usu ADJ n An unwritten rule,… …   English dictionary

  • unwritten — un|writ|ten [ʌnˈrıtn] adj an unwritten rule, law, agreement etc is one that everyone knows about although it is not official ▪ unwritten rules of social behaviour …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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