usage of trade
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 22 U.S. 581 - Renner v. President Directors and Company of the Bank of Columbia · 1824Most cited · 107 citing opinions
Evidence of usage or custom is, however, never considered of this character; but is received for the purpose of ascertaining the sense and understanding of parties by their contracts, which are made with reference to such usage or custom; for the custom, then, becomes a part of the contract, and may not improperly be considered the law of the contract; and it rests upon the same principle as the doctrine of the lex loci.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A course of dealing; a mode of conducting transactions of a particular kind; Haskins v. Warren, 115 Mass. 535.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A course of dealing; a mode of conducting transactions of a particular kind, proved by witnesses testifying of its existence and uniformity from their knowledge obtained by observation of what is practiced by themselves and others in the trade to which it relates. Haskins v. Warren. 115 Mass. 535.
Defined under Usage in Black's Law Dictionary.