Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trite law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables: trite law
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A law that is obvious or common knowledge.

Countable

noun

Laws of this kind in general.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1928. Lord Sumner, Levene v. Inland Revenue A.C. 217,227. It is trite law that His Majesty's subjects are free if they can make their own arrangements so that their cases may fall outside the scope of the taxing Acts."
"2006. Gordon Jackson (Glasgow Govan), Subordinate Legislation Committee Official Report #31, October 2006. Trite law is law that, if you do not know it, you should. It is like saying that two and two is four. For example, there is a presumption of innocence in Scotland. That is trite law—something that everybody knows.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

trite laws (plural)

Questions

What does trite law mean?: A law that is obvious or common knowledge.

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