habit and repute
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Definitions from Case Law
From 205 U.S. 423 - Travers v. Reinhardt · 1907Most cited · 170 citing opinions
Habit and repute ... arise from parties cohabiting together openly and constantly, as if they were husband and wife, and so conducting themselves towards each other for such a length of time in the society or neighborhood of which they are members as to produce a general belief that they are really married.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Applied in Scotch law to a general understanding and belief of something’s having happened: e. g. marriage may be constituted by habit and repute; Bell. Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Habit in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In Scots law. Held and reputed.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Bythelawof 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,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
so. Held and reputed.