Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Consuetude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consuetude \Con"sue*tude\ (?; 144), n. [L. consuetudo. See
{Custom}.]
Custom, habit; usage. [R.]
To observe this consuetude or law. --Barnes
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From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consuetude
n : a custom or usage that has acquired the force of law
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