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Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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application, conduct, consuetude, consuetude*, convention, custom, customary use, disposition, employment, established custom, established practice, fashion, fixed procedure, form, formula, habit, habitual use, habitude, management, manner, method, mode, mos, operation, practice, prescription, prevalence, routine, service, style, system, tradition, treatment, use, utilization, vogue, wear, wont
associated concepts: common usage, custom and usage, general usage
foreign phrases:
- Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata privat communem legem. — A custom, based on a certain and reasonable cause, supersedes the common law- Optimus interpres rerum usus. — Usage is the best interpreter of things- In contractibus, tacite insunt quae sunt moris et consuetudlnis. — In contracts, matters of custom and usage are tacitly implied- Non ex opinionibus singulorum, sed ex communi usu, nomina exaudiri debent. — The names of things ought to be understood, not according to individual opinions, but according to common usage- Obtemperandum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi. — A reasonable custom is to be obeyed like law.- Quae praeter consuetudinem et morem majorum Hunt neque placent neque recta videntur. — Things which are done contrary to the custom and manner of our ancestors neither please nor appear rightII index consumption, custom, function, management (judicious use), manner (behavior), means (opportunity), mode, phraseology, practice (custom), prescription (custom), procedure, use
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A practice that is usual within a particular business; the typical way of doing an activity or interpreting a word or phrase within a profession or kind of business. See also custom, trade usage
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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A reasonable and legal practice in a particular location, or among persons in a specific business or trade, that is either known to the individuals involved or is well established, general, and uniform to such an extent that a presumption may properly be made that the parties acted with reference to it in their transactions.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A reasonable and legal practice in a particular location, or among persons in a specific business or trade, that is either known to the individuals involved or is well established, general, and uniform to such an extent that a presumption may properly be made that the parties acted with reference to it in their transactions.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
