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Coustoumier

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

(Otherwise spelled "Gousturmer" or "Coutumier.") In old French law. A collection of customs, unwritten laws, and forms of procedure. Two such volumes are of especial importance in juridical history, viz., the Grand Coustumier de Normandie, and the Coutumier de France or Grand Coutumier.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

coustumier, coutumler, Ifr. A collection of customs, usages and forms of proceeding in the old law of France, v. Grand coustumier.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

(Otherwise spelled “Coustumier” or “Coutumier.”) In old French law. A collection of customs, unwritten laws, and forms of procedure. Two such volumes are of especial importance in juridical history, viz., the Grand Coustumier de Normandie, and the Coutumier de France K or Grand Coutumier.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Coustumier, Coutumier. Fr. A collection of customs, usages and forms of proceeding in the old law of France. The most celebrated of these were the Coutumier of France, called the Grand Coutumier, and the Coutumier de Normandie, or Grand Coustumier de Normandie. Crabb's Hist. Eng. Law, 69. Butler's Note 77, lib. 3, Co. Litt. See Grand Coustumier.