unwritten

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The unwritten rules: the bigger, the louder, the splashier, the starrier, the better.

From The Wall Street Journal

And in Major League Baseball, brushback pitches, beanballs and brawls are part of the sport’s lore, and are excused as apt punishment for breaking the game’s unwritten rules.

From Washington Post

There are, however, powerful unwritten rules about the status quo.

From Salon

You’re not the only one to complain to me about a mysterious “no touching” rule that, though unwritten, seems to have gained traction in the oral tradition of airline check-in agents.

From New York Times

Ivan Pavlov, a prominent Russian defense attorney, told the Associated Press this week that Russia, with the case against Gershkovich, broke an “unwritten rule not to touch accredited foreign journalists.”

From Washington Post