Meanings of unwritten constitution in English

First, that the fragility of the unwritten constitution is a proven fact.

Such is the sovereign people, and so far the original unwritten constitution.

It claimed that under Britain's unwritten constitution, it is a matter for politicians, not courts, to decide.

Joseph, 65, terminal cancer patient, Northern Ireland Given the UK's unwritten constitution, this is partly down to convention.

Weak constitutions were advised to stay in bed, as the unwritten constitution was in for a bad week.

Corbyn is the leader of the opposition and, in accordance with our unwritten constitution, the first alternative prime minister.

The signals point to a frantic 78 days ahead as parliament takes on prime minister, testing the country's unwritten constitution.

It's like an unwritten constitution no one would dream of violating... except, thank God, for foreigners who don't know any better.

But a revolution in China changes nothing but the person of the monarch; the unwritten constitution of old usages remains in full force.

It suits us English not to see our own nationalism, to keep it vague with our unwritten constitution as a declaration of laissez-faire superiority.

That is the biggest revolution in this unwritten Constitution of ours that I can suggest.

The unwritten Constitution of England has more binding force than the written Constitution of the United States.

Constitutional monarchies come in many varieties, with both written and unwritten constitutions, and with monarchs which possess widely varying degrees of actual power.