Custom
n.- Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
- Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
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(Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See
Usage , andPrescription . - Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. Custom of merchants ,
a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated.
General customs ,
those which extend over a state or kingdom.
Particular customs ,
those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London.
v. t.
- To make familiar; to accustom.
- To supply with customers.
v. i.
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To have a custom.
n.
- The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
v. t.
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To pay the customs of.