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consuetudinary
[ kon-swi-tood-n-er-ee, -tyood- ]
adjective
- customary or traditional.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of consuetudinary1
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³Üŧ³ÙÅ«»å¾±²ÔÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³Üŧ³ÙÅ«»å¾±²Ô- (stem of ³¦´Ç²Ô²õ³Üŧ³ÙÅ«»åÅ ) consuetude + -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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Mark x. 5., that the consuetudinary law of marriage was not wholly abrogated, but was accommodated to the Jews by the Mosaic code.
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In England the franchises enjoyed by burgesses, freemen and other consuetudinary constituencies in burghs, were dependent on the character of the burgage-tenure.
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The grand pensionary was always supposed to be profoundly versed in civil, ecclesiastical, and consuetudinary law; and in foreign diplomacy.
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The ceremony of the formal admission of a Benedictine abbot in medieval times is thus prescribed by the consuetudinary of Abingdon.
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