Constructive

Determined by construction: inferred or implied, presumed or imputed; opposed to actual: as, Constructive — annexation, appropriation, assent or consent, attachment, breaking, close, contempt, conversion, damages, delivery, fraud, larceny, levy, loss, malice, notice, possession, presence, service, taking, treason, trust, qq. v. COIfSUBTUDO. L. Custom; usage; practice.

Consuetudo est altera lex

Custom is another law.

Consuetudo interpres legum

Custom is the expounder of laws.* Consuetudo loci otaservanda. Thecus- 1 [Bouvier's Law Diet; 1 Wash. T. 351^1 Shars. Bl. Com. 87; 23 Cent. Law J. 483 (1886), cases. = Lawrence v. Mo Calmont, 2 How. 449 (1844), Stoiy, J.; Crist V. Burllngame, 62 Barb. 356 (1862). ' [1 Story, Const. § 419. *Goddard v. Foster, 17 Wall. 143 (18T2), cases; Beardsley v. Hotchkiss, 30 Hun, 613 (1883); 1 Law Quar. Eev. 466 (1885). » May V. Saginaw County, 32 F. R 632 (1887). torn of the place is to be conformed to.

See Custom.