Customary Service
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A service due by ancient custom or prescription only. Such is, for example, the service of doing suit at another's mill, where the persons resident in a particular place, by usage, time out of mind have been accustomed to grind corn at a particular mill. 3 Bl. Comm. 234. CUSTOMARY TENANTS (Law Lat. custumarii tenentes).
In English law. Such tenants as hold by the custom of the manor, as their special evidence. Termes de la Ley. Copyholders belong to this class. 2 Bl. Comm. 147, 148. See "Copyholder."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A service due by ancient custom or prescription only. Such is, for example, the service of doing suit at another's mill, where the persons resident in a particular place, by usage, time out of mind have been accustomed to grind corn at a particular mill. 3 Bla. Com. 234.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English law. A service due by custom from one person to another; as the service of doing suit to another's mill, where the persons resident in a particular place, by usage time out of mind, have been accustomed to grind their com at a certain mill. 3 Stepk. Com. 609. 3 Bl. Com. 235. -