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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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Corsepresent
a mortuary became due on the death of a man, the best or second-best beast was, according to custom, offered or presented to the priest, and carried with the corpse; see 21 Hen. 8, c. 6. In
Coshering
Coshering, a feudal custom, whereby the lords may lie and feast themselves and their followers at their tenants' houses, etc., forbidden by
Cottier tenure
a capitalist farmer, and where the conditions of the contract, especially the amountof rent, are determined not by custom but by competition. Also a class of sub-tenants who rent a cottage and an acre or two of
County palatine
a court]. There were three of these counties--Chester, Durham, and Lancaster. The two former were such by immemorial custom; the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal
Court-baron
like, to bind such tenants as assented thereto, unless they were made by prescription or under an immemorial custom. These laws could never bind strangers. The penalty for the breach of a bye-law was in the nature
Curtesy of England
of issue, and consummated at the death of his wife. It is to be observed that by the custom of gavelkind, a husband may be tenant by the curtesy, without having had any issue by his wife.
Cattle fair
and sellers in generally a place for sale and purchase of cattle at times or on occasions ordained custom, Municipal Committee v. State of Punjab, AIR 1969 SC 1100 (1104): (1969) 1 SCC 475. [Punjab Cattle Fairs
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