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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A practical construction of a constitution or statute is one determined, not by judicial decision, but practice sanctioned by general consent.

Farmers' & Mechanics' Bank v. Smith, 3 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 69 ; Bloxham v. Consumers' Electric Light, etc., Co., 36 Fla. 519, 18 South. 444, 29 In R. A. 507, 51 Am. St Rep. 44.