Word.ws English Dictionary

rule of sevens

rule of sevens proper noun: a common law rule that establishes three age brackets for determining a juvenile's culpability for a tort or a crime.

Proper noun

the rule of sevens

  1. A common law rule that establishes three age brackets for determining a juvenile's culpability for a tort or a crime.
  2. (historical) Synonym of 7-7-7 rule.
    Synonyms:
    7-7-7 rule

Synonyms of rule of sevens

Questions about rule of sevens

What does rule of sevens mean?
Rule of sevens means a common law rule that establishes three age brackets for determining a juvenile's culpability for a tort or a crime.
What part of speech is rule of sevens?
Rule of sevens is a proper noun.

Words near rule of sevens in the dictionary

  1. rule of lenity
  2. rule of man
  3. rule of order
  4. rule of reason
  5. rule of recognition
  6. rule of sevens
  7. rule of strict construction
  8. rule of succession
  9. rule of the road
  10. rule of the shorter term
  11. rule of thirds

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rule of sevens (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rule of sevens.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rule_of_sevens. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.