Customary Estates
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Estates which owe their origin and existence to the cus-
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Estates which owe their origin and existence to the custom of the manor in which they are held. 2 Bi. Comin. 149.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English law. Such estates as owe their origin to the customs of different manors, and belong to such persons as hold their lands by copy of court roll, or tenures of the like kind. 2 Cra Ws Real Prop. 986, § 2354.