Habit

A disposition or condition ot the body or mind acquired by custom or a frequent repetition of the same act. See 2 Mart. (La.; N. S.) 622; 18 Pa. St. 172; 5 Gray (Mass.) 851, The habit of dealing has always an important bearing upon the construction of commercial contracts, A ratification will be inferred from the mere habit of dealing between the parties; as, if a broker has been accustomed to settle losses on policies in a particular manner, without any objection being made, or vidth the silent approbation of his principal, and he should afterwards settle other policies in the same manner, to which no objection should be made within a reasonable time, a just presumption would arise of an implied ratification; for, if the principal did not agree to such settlement, he should have declared his dissent. 2 Bouv. Inst. 1313, 1314. of a certain thing having happened; e, g., marriage may be constituted by habit and repute. Bell, Diet.

A disposition or condition of the body or mind, acquired by custom or a frequent repetition of the same act. See Sikes V. Allen, 2 Mart N. S. (La.) 022; Ludwick V. Com., 18 Pa. 172; Com. v. Whitney, 5 Gray (Mass.) 86. The customary conduct to purerbocker Life Ins. Co. v. Foley, 106 U. S. 360, 26 L. Ed. 1055. The habit of dealing has always an Important ~ bearing upon the construction of commercial contracts. A ratification will be inferred from the mere habit of dealing between the parties: as if a broker has been accustomed to settle losses on policies in a particular manner, without any objection being made, or with the silent approbation of his principal, and he should afterwards settle other policies in the same manner, to which no objection should be made within a reasonable time, a just presumption would arise of an implied ratification: for, if the principal did not agree to such settlement, he should have declared his dissent. See Usage. The habit of an animal Is, In its nature, a continuous fact, to be shown by proof of successive acts of a similar kind; Kenuon v. Gilmer, 131 U. S. 22, 9 Sup. Ct. 696, 33 L. Ed. 110.

A disposition or condition of the body or mind acquired by custom or a usual repetition of the same act or function. Knickerbocker L. Ins. Co, v. Foley, 105 U. S. 354, 26 L. Ed. 1055; Conner v. Citizens' St. R. Co.., 146 Ind. 430, 45 N. E. 662; State v. Skillicorn, 104 Iowa, 97, 73 N. W. 503; State v. Robinson. Ill Ala. 482, 20 South. 30.

— Habit and repute. By the law of Scotland, marriage may be established by "habit and repute" where the parties cohabit and are at the same time held and reputed as man and wife. See Bell. The same rule obtains in some of the United States.

A disposition or condition of the body or mind acquired by custom or a usual repetition of the same act or function.