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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.