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Definition of Consuetude
1. Noun. A custom or usage that has acquired the force of law.
Definition of Consuetude
1. n. Custom, habit; usage.
Definition of Consuetude
1. Noun. Custom, familiarity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consuetude
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consuetude
Literary usage of Consuetude
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bezae codex Cantabrigiensis by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener (1864)
"... in eo causam. est aut consuetude uobis.ut umim dimittam nobis in pascha- null
К ergo dimittam uobis regem ..."
2. Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon by Abingdon Abbey, Joseph Stevenson (1858)
"... et in signum hujus donationis, (sicut tune temporis consuetude fuit,) cartam
régis, per quam totum jus suum in memorata terra, habebat, super altare ..."
3. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"... By strength my youthe so far to exclude, As was ever her olde consuetude First
to augment and then to abate, — This is the custome of her hye estate. ..."
4. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Litt, was cited, it was held that " consuetude " does not necessarily, or it
should seem prima facie, signify toll : V. TOLL. " A Custom is Local Common Law ..."
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