CONSUETUDO

Latin: A custom; an established usage or practice. Co. Litt. 58. Tolls; duties; taxes. Id. 58b. Consuetudo Anglioana. The custom of England; the ancient common law, as distinguished from lew, the Roman or civil law. Consuetudo curiae. The custom or practice of a court Hardr. 141. Consuetudo mercatorum. Latin: The custom of merchants, the same with lew mercatoria. Consuetudo contra rationem introducta potius usurpatio quam consuetudo appellari debet. A custom introduced against reason ought rather to be called a “usurpation” than a “custom.” Co. Litt 113. Consuetudo debet esse certa; nam incerta pro nulla habetur. Dav. 33. A custom should be certain; for an uncertain custom is considered null. Consuetudo est altera lex. Custom is another law. 4 Coke, 21. Consuetudo est optimus Interpres legum. 2 Inst 18. Custom is the best expounder of the laws. Consuetudo et communis assuetudo vincit legem non scriptam, si sit apecialis, et intepretatur legem scriptam, al lex sit generalis. Jenk. Cent. 273. Custom and common usage overcomes the unwritten law, If it be special; and interprets the written law, if the law be general. Consuetudo ex certa causa rationabili usitata privat communem legem. A custom, grounded on a certain and reasonable cause, supersedes the common law. Litt. 169; Co. Litt 113; Broom, Max. 919. Consuetudo, licet sit magnae auctoritatis, nunquam tamen praejudicat manifestae veritati. A custom, though It be of great authority, should never prejudice manifest truth. 4 Coke, 18. Consuetude loci observanda est. Litt I 169. The custom of a place is to be observed. Consuetudo manerii et loci observanda est. 6 Coke, A custom of a manor and place is to be observed. Consuetudo neque tolli potest. Lofft, 340. Custom can neither arise from nor be taken away by injury. Consuetudo non trahitur in consequentiam. 8 Keb. 409. Custom is not drawn into consequence. 4 Jur. (N. S.) Ex. 139. Consuetudo praescripta et legitima vincit legem. A prescriptive and lawful custom overcomes the law. Co. Litt U3; 4 Coke, 21. Consuetudo regni angliae est lex angliae. Jenk. Cent 119. The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England. See 2 BL Comm. 422. Consuetudo semel reprobata non potest amplius induci. A custom once disallowed cannot be again brought forward, [or relied on.] Dav. 33. Consuetudo tollit communem legem. Co. Litt 33 b. Custom takes away the common law. Consuetudo volentes ducit; lex nolentes trahit. Custom leads the willing, law compels [drags] the unwilling. Jenk. Cent 274.