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consuetude
custom regarded as having legal force
Consuetude and judicial caprice must be the major determiners of legality in places where no articulated legal code exists.
Related English words: consuetudinary (customary)
Latin root words: consuetudo, consuetudinis, f. - custom, habit; consuesco, consuescere, sonsuevi, consuetus - to accustom, habituate
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