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solicitor

solicitor 1 : one that solicits ;esp : an agent that solicits customers (as in insurance) or charitable contributions 2 : a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the

source of law

source of law :something (as a constitution, treaty, custom, or statute) that provides the authority for judicial decisions and for legislation ;specif : a labor contract as

standard

standard 1 : something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model, example, or point of reference [the of the reasonable person] 2 :

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toll

toll [Old English, tax or fee paid for a liberty or privilege, ultimately from Late Latin telonium custom house, from Greek tolōnion, from telōnēs collector of tolls, from telos tax, toll] : a charge for the

unwritten law

unwritten law : law based chiefly on custom rather than legislative enactments

usage

usage : an habitual or uniform practice esp. in an area or trade compare custom

margin call

A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement caused by the decline in market prices

Mode

Manner of doing or being method form fashion custom way style as the mode of speaking the mode of dressing

Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci

Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci [Lat.], Custom once disallowed cannot be again alleged.

Chapel

These may be parochial, and have a right to sacraments and burials, and to a distinct minister, by custom, though subject in some respects to the mother-church, 2 Inst. 363. In an Act of Parliament 'chapel' means

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