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Definition of "consuetudinary" []

  • A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order. (noun)

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Use "consuetudinary" in a sentence
  • "Whatever is left to depend on consuetudinary law, will derive its character from the feelings of the people, among whom the law has been formed and preserved."
  • "In England the franchises enjoyed by burgesses, freemen and other consuetudinary constituencies in burghs, were dependent on the character of the burgage-tenure."
  • "Gasparri gives as reason that the consuetudinary law never contemplated this case, and hence does not influence it (De Matrimonio, I, nos. 597 and 601)."
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