Custom

A law, not written, established by long usage and consent If it is universal, and_80 a part of the common Jaw, it is. a ggperal. custom; if it is confined to a certain place, it is a particular custom, which, to be valid, must have been peaceable, reasonable, certain, compulsory, consistent with other customs, and continued without interruption so long that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Custom of merchants: a system of customs relative to bills of exchange, partnership, and other mercantile matters, and which, under the name of lex mercatoria, or law merchant, has been made a part o€ the common law. v. Law merchant.

In English law

Customs of London: particular customs wtthin the In old English law. Customs and services: services which the tenants of lands, under the feudal law, owed to their lords, and which, if withheld, the lord might compel by resort to the writ of customs and services, v. De consuetudinibus et sermtiis.