Consuetudo

LICET SIT MAGNAE auctoritatis, nunquam tamen praejudicat manifestae veritati. A custom though it be of great authority, should never, however, be prejudicial to manifest truth. 4 Coke, 18. CONSUETUDO LOCI OBSERVANDA

Lat. A chstom; an established usage or practice. Co. Litt. 58. Tolls; duties; texes. Id. 58b.

— Consuetudo Anglicana. The custom of England; the ancient common law, as distinguished from lex, the Roman or civil law.

— Consuetudo curiæ. The custom or practice of a court Hardr. 141.

— Consuetudo mercatorum. Lat. The custom of merchants, the same with lex mercatoria. Consuetudo contra rationem introducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet. A chstom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a "usurpation" than a "custom." Co. Litt. 113. Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habetur. Dav. 33. A custom should be certain; for an uncertain custom is considered null. Consuetudo est altera lex. Custom is another law. 4 Coke, 21. Consuetudo est optimus interpres legum. 2 Inst. 18. Custom ls the best expounder of the laws. Consuetudo et communis assuetudo vincit legem non scriptam, si sit specialis; et interpretatur legem scriptam, si leo; sit generalis. Jenk. Cent. 273. Custom and common usage overcomes the unwritten law, if it be special; and interprets the written law, If the law be general. Consuetdo ex certa cansa rationabili usitata privat communem legem. A custom, grounded on a certain and reasonable cause, supersedes the common law. litt. § 169; Co. Litt 113; Broom, Max. 919. Consuetudo, licet sit magne auctoritatis, nunquam tamen, prœjndicat manifestae veritati. A custom, though it be of great authority, should never prejudice manifest truth. 4 Coke, 18. Consuetudo loci observanda est. Litt. § 169. The chstom of a place is to be observed. Consuetudo manerii et loci observanda eat. 6 Coke, 07. A custom of a manor and place is to be observed. Consuetudo neque injuria oriri neque tolli potest. Lofft, 340. Custom can neither arise from nor be taken away by injury. Consuetudo non trahitur in consequentiam. 3> Keb. 499. Chstom is not drawn into consequence. 4 Jut. (N. S.) Ex. 139 Consuetudo præseripta et legitima vincit legem. A prescriptive and lawful custom overcomes the law. Ch Litt. 113; 4 Coke, 21. Consuetudo regni Angliæ est lex Anglia. Jenk. Cent 119. The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England. See 2 BL Comm. 422. Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci. A custom once disallowed cannot be again brought forward, [or relied on.} Dav. 33. Consuetudo tollit communem legem. Co. Litt. 33 b. Custom takes away the common law. Consuetudo volentes dncit, lex nolentes trabit. Custom leads the willing, law compels [drags] the unwilling. Jenk. Cant 274.

I. A custom nating from usage. potius nsurpatio introduced against than a custom. a court Consuetudo liabentur: a custom held as nothing. law. Consuetudo best interpreter of usitata privat tain and reasonable tudo, licet sit magnae manifestae veritati: should never prejudice servanda: the custom mercatorum: the the law merchant potest: a custom can Consuetudo praescripta and lawful custom notice; that which is held by law to amount Constructive possession: possession in con- Constructive presence: being so near to, or in another, as in law to be considered as in the same service: service which a servant who has discharged is in law deemed to have performed to the end of the term of service agreed trust: a trust raised by construction of law, of law, as distinguished from an express or inferred from circumstances; otherwise trust, and sometimes a resulting trust v. Trust.; to arrange or marshal the words of an inthe meaning of language by a process of ar- In old English law. A ritual or book, containof divine ofl Bces, or the customs of abbeys and Customary law; law derived by oral tradition old English law. Customs. Consuetudines et customs and Assise of the Forest Consuetucustoms or customary laws of fiefs. servitiis. v. De eonsuetudinibtts et servitiis. or usage; a customary law; a law origi- Consuetudo contra rationein introducta quani consuetudo appellari debet: a custom reason ought rather to be called a usurpation Consuetudo curiae: the custom or practice of debet esse certa, nam incerta pro nullis ought to be certain, for uncertain things are Consuetudo est altera lex: custom is another est optimus interpres leguni: custom is the laws. Consuetudo ex carta causa ratiouabili conimnnem legem: a custom, grounded on a cercause, supersedes the common law. Consueauctoritatis, nunquam tamen praejudieat a custom, though it be of great authority, manifest truth. Consuetudo loci est obof a place is to be observed. Consuetudo custom of merchants, — the same as lex mercatoria, Consuetudo neqne injuria oriri neque to Ui neither arise nor be abolished contrary to law. et legitima vincit legem: a prescriptive overcomes the law. Consuetudo quandoque law, in parts where it has been habitually approved, and takes the place of law. Consnetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius indnci: a custom once disallowed cannot be again brought forward. Consuetndo to Uit [vincit] [privit] communem legem: custom takes away [overcomes] [supersedes] the common law. Consnetudo volentes ducit, lex nolentes trahit: custom leads the willing, law compels the unwilling.

In old English law. Consuetndo Anglicana: the custom of England; the ancient common law, as distinguished from lex, the Roman or civil law. Consuetndo regni Anglic est lex Augllse: the custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England.

In the civil law. Custom; long-established usage or practice. In the feudal law.- Custom. Called consuetndo feudi.

Lat. A eustom; an established usage or practice. Co, Litt. 58. ee. Tolls; duties; taxes. Id. 58d.