Definition of Unwriten
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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