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Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habentur
Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habentur. A custom should be certain, for uncertain things are held as nothing.
Brehon Law
formally abolished by 40 Edw. 3, it being unanimously declared to be indeed no law, but a lewd custom crept in of later times. See 1 Bl. Com. 100; Edm. Spenser's State of Ireland, 1513, edit. Hughes;
Consuetudo est altera lex
Consuetudo est altera lex. 4 Rep. 21.-(Custom is another law.)
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Consuetudo est optimus interpres legum
Consuetudo est optimus interpres legum [Lat.], Custom is the best expounder of the laws.
Consuetudo neque injuria oriri neque tolli potest
Consuetudo neque injuria oriri neque tolli potest [Lat.], Custom can neither arise from, nor be taken away by, injury
Consuetudo regni Angli- estlex Angli-
Consuetudo regni Angli- estlex Angli-. Jenk. Cent. 119.-(The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England.)
Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci
Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci [Lat.], Custom once disallowed cannot be again alleged.
Consuetudo, licet sit magne auctoritatis, nunquam tamen prejudicat manifesta veritati
Consuetudo, licet sit magne auctoritatis, nunquam tamen prejudicat manifesta veritati [Lat.], A custom, though it be of great authority, should never, however, be prejudicial to manifest truth.
Convention
or compact, esp. one among nations; a multilateral treaty. 2. A generally accepted rule or practice, usage or custom, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 332. Convention, a writ for the breach of any covenant in writing,
Coparceners or parceners
equal relationship to their ancestor: they were, however, deemed to be one heir; and (2) descent by particular custom, as in the case of gavelkind lands, which descended to all the males in equal degree, as the
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