About The Word Unwritten
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Unwritten
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What's The Definition Of Unwritten?
[adj] said or done without having been planned or written in advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks"
[adj] using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an oral agreement" [adj] based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence Synonyms | Synonyms for Unwritten: ad-lib | common-law(p) | oral | spoken | spontaneous | unscripted Related Terms | Find terms related to Unwritten: See Also | Unwritten In Webster's Dictionary \Un*writ"ten\, a.
1. Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten
agreements.
2. Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
{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.
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