Obtain
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To acquire; to get hold of by effort; to get and retain possession of; as, in the offense of "obtaining" money or property by false pretenses.
See Com. v. Schmunk, 207 Pa. 544, 56 Atl. 1088, 99 Am. St. Rep. 801; Pcople v. General Sessions, 13 Hun (N. Y.) 400; State v. Will, 49 La. Ann. 1337, 22 South. 378; Sundmacher v. Block, 39 III. App. 553.
Obtemperandum est consuetudini rationabili tanquam legi.
4 Coke, 38.
A reasonable custom is to be obeyed as a law.