See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. See also:

• COSTUME
• COSTUME (through the Fr. costume, from Ital. costume, Late Lat. costuma, a contracted form of Lat. consuetudinem, ace. of consuetudo, custom, habit, manner, &c.)

costume, costume or coustume; See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. costuma, a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of consuetudo)  , in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, a See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit or practice . Thus a tradesman calls those who See also:

• DEAL

deal with him his " customers," and the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade resulting as their " See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom." The word is also used for a See also:

• TOLL (etymologically, that which is numbered or counted; from a common Teutonic form, cf. " tale," " tell ")
• TOLL, JOHAN KRISTOFFER, COUNT (1743-1817)

toll or tax levied upon goods; there was at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time a distinction between the tax on goods exported or imported, termed magna custuma (the See also:

• GREAT

great custom), and that on goods taken to See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market within the See also:

• REALM

realm, termed parva custuma (the little custom), but the word is now used in this sense only in the plural, to signify the duties levied upon imported goods . It is also used as a name for that See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the public service which is employed in levying the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, such See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-continued usage as has by See also:

• COMMON

common consent become a See also:

• RULE

rule of conduct is termed custom . See also:

• JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (1824-1883)

Jessel, M . R . (Hammerton v . See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

Honey, 24 W . R . 603), has defined it as " See also:

• LOCAL

local common law . It is common law because it is not See also:

• STATUTE

statute law; it is local law because it is the law of a particular See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, as distinguished from the general common law . Local common law is the law of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country (i.e. particular place) as it existed before the time of legal memory." There has been much discussion among jurists as to whether custom can properly be reckoned a source of law (see See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

JURISPRUDENCE) .

As to the distinction between See also:

• PRESCRIPTION

prescription (which is a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal claim) and custom, see PRESCRIPTION . The See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of local customs by the judiciary has undoubtedly been the origin of a great portion of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English common law . See also:

• BLACKSTONE, SIR WILLIAM (1723-1780)

Blackstone divides custom into (I) general, which is the common law properly so called, and (2) particular, which affects only the inhabitants of particular districts . The requisites necessary to make a particular custom See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good are: (I) it must have been used so long that the memory of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man runneth not to the contrary; (2) it must have been continued, and (3) enjoyed peaceably; (4) it must be reasonable, and (5) certain; (6) it must be compulsory, and not See also:

• LEFT

left to the See also:

• OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

option of every man whether he will use it or no; (7) it must be consistent with other customs, for one custom cannot be set up in opposition to another . Customs may be of various kinds, for example, customs of merchants, customs of a certain See also:

• DISTRICT

district (such as See also:

• GAVELKIND

gavelkind and See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough English), customs of a particular See also:

• MANOR

manor, &c . The word custom is also generally employed for the usage of a particular trade or market; for a trade custom to be established to the See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of the law it must be a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform and universal practice so well defined and recognized that contracting parties must be assumed to have had it in their minds when they contracted (See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell, C . J., See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox-See also:

• BOURNE (southern form of burn, Teutonic born, bran, burna)
• BOURNE, or BOURN
• BOURNE, VINCENT (1695-1747)

Bourne v . See also:

• VERNON
• VERNON, EDWARD (1684-1757)

Vernon, to Times See also:

• REP, REPP, or REPS

Rep . 649) .