S: (n) convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula (something regarded as a normative example) "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
S: (n) heritage (practices that are handed down from the past by tradition) "a heritage of freedom"
S: (n) inheritance, heritage (any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors) "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"