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custom definition - legal

n

A practice, particularly in business, that is so old and universal that it has obtained the force of law.
custom and usage
See usage of trade.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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