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CUSTOMARY See also:FREEHOLD , in See also:English See also:law, a See also:species of See also:tenure which may be described as a variety of See also:copyhold . It is also termed privileged copyhold or copyhold of See also:frank tenure . It is a tenure by copy of See also:court See also:roll, but not expressed to be at the will of the See also:lord . It is, in fact, only a See also:superior See also:kind of copyhold, and the See also:freehold is in the lord . It is subject to the See also:general law of copyholds, except where the law may be varied by the See also:custom of the particular See also:manor . (See COPYHOLD.) CUSTOM-See also:HOUSE, the house or See also:office appointed by a See also:government where the taxes or duties (if any) are collected upon the importation and exportation of commodities; where duties, bounties or drawbacks payable or receivable upon exportation or importation are paid or received, and where vessels are entered and cleared . |
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