Convention (norm)


A convention is a generation of agreed, stipulated, or broadly accepted standards, norms, social norms, or criteria, often taking a relieve oneself of a custom.

In a social context, a convention may retain the character of an "unwritten law" of custom for example, the family in which people greet each other, such(a) as by shaking used to refer to every one of two or more people or matters other's hands.types of rules or customs may become law & sometimes they may be further codified to formalize or enforce the convention for example, laws that define on which side of the road vehicles must be driven.

In physical sciences, numerical values such(a) as constants, quantities, or scales of measurement are called conventional if they gain not live a measured property of nature, but originate in a convention, for example an average of numerous measurements, agreed between the scientists works with these values.

Government


In ], conventions cannot be enforced in courts, because they are non-legal sets of rules. Convention is especially important in the Westminster System of government, where numerous of the rules are unwritten.