customaryn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkʌstəm(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈkəstəˌmɛri/

Forms: late Middle English custumarie, 1500s– customary, 1500s– custumary, 1600s costomary, 1600s 1800s– costumary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin custumarium, custumarius.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin custumarium book of customs (14th cent. in a British source in a monastic context; 15th cent. in British sources in a manorial context), use as noun of neuter of custumarius customary adj. Compare Middle French, French †coustumier , French coutumier (1396). Compare customer n. 7.Forms with -o- in the first syllable show remodelling after similar forms of custom n.

a. Law. A document or book containing the customs (custom n. 2) of a city, region, etc.; = custumal n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > written law > [noun] > book of laws or statutes > customary

customary1413

custumal1576

Grand Customer1685

1413–19 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 225 [They] wrongisly chargen the forsaid tenantz with newe charges..as it is shewid..bi hire olde Custumarie.

1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §16. m. 10 The oold bookes, evidences, writyngs, custumaries, courtrolles, particuler accomptes bookes called the pipes.

?1585 E. Aggas tr. E. de L'Allouette Catholicke Apologie iv. f. 136 The other reason shal concerne the article of the customary of Paris.

1604 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 432 The Costomary of the mannor of Tettenhall regis.

a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 64 By the customary of Bretaigne the Lords have aids towards the marrying of their daughters.

1757 Parl. Hist. Eng. XIX. 424 If the Laws in the Customary were introduced there [sc. Normandy] from England..the Laws of England were not introduced here by William the Conqueror.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 140 The earliest written customary in France is that of Bearn.

1885 Law Times' Rep. 53 503/1 Such custom was not contained in any of the customaries of the manor.

1979 S. L. Popkin Rational Peasant iii. 91 The adjudication procedures, the customary, and the entire corpus of rules by which village life was ordered were regarded as a valuable asset.

2010 M. Wood Story of Eng. viii. 156 Had the survey been completed it would have amounted to a comprehensive register and customary of all England down to individual villeins, cottagers and serfs.

†b. The customs of a country, society, etc., collectively; a body of customs or traditions. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun]

moursc1250

manners?a1425

way of living1516

fashions1555

way of lifea1616

ways1628

customary1796

moeurs1854

culture1860

mores1898

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 110 The whole of the polity and œconomy of every country in Europe..was drawn from the old Germanic or Gothic custumary.

1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P.C. Asbjørnsen & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse Introd. p. xi The codes of the Lombards, Franks, and Goths were not mere savage, brutal customaries.

2. Christian Church. A book or document containing the rules and customary practices of a particular monastery, cathedral, collegiate church, etc. Also: a book or document prescribing the form and order of ceremonies and services. Cf. consuetudinary n.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > containing directions for worship > monastic

reghel-bookc1175

consuetudinarya1513

customarya1676

consuetudinal1817

a1676 S. Gunton Hist. Church Peterburgh (1686) 296 They who were minuti let blood, were formerly refreshed in the Refectory three times a day, with a regular diet; as appears by the antient Customary of this Church.

1882 J. W. Legg Notes Hist. Liturg. Colours 43 Richard de Ware was Abbot of Westminster from 1258 to 1283, and caused a custumary to be written.

1909 E. G. C. F. Atchley Hist. Use of Incense in Divine Worship ii. xvi. 307 The Custumary of St Denis directs two priests to cense the high altar, the Lady altar, and the convent during the offertory.

1963 S. J. P. van Dijk Sources Mod. Rom. Liturgy I. i. 54 Rubrics, extracts, ordinals or customaries of religious Orders.

2007 P. V. Marshall Bishop is Coming 102 Concelebration as practiced in our diocese is described in the ordination customary and the customary for eucharists at which the bishop presides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

customaryadj.n.³

Brit.

/ˈkʌstəm(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈkəstəˌmɛri/

Forms: 1500s custumarye, 1500s custummary, 1500s–1600s customarie, 1500s–1600s customarye, 1500s–1600s custumarie, 1500s–1600s custumary, 1500s– customary, 1600s costomarie, 1600s costomary, 1600s costumarie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin customarius ; custom n., -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin customarius, custumarius (of land) subject to services from bound tenants (from 13th cent. in British sources), (of status) bound by custom (13th cent. in a British source), (of service or payment) due from a bound tenant, (of a tenant) bound (from 14th cent. in British sources), habitual (14th cent. in British sources); < customa , custuma custom n. + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹, and partly (ii) < custom n. + -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier customer adj. and the French adjectives cited at that entry.Compare Old Occitan costumier habitual. The corresponding adjective in classical Latin was consuētūdinārius consuetudinary adj.

A. adj.

1. Law. Designating a system of landholding by manorial or other custom, typically requiring the tenant to render services (service n.¹ 10a) periodically to his or her lord; esp. in customary tenure. Also: designating land held by this system (esp. in customary land, customary estate); designating a feudal tenant holding land of this type (esp. in customary tenant, customary holder). Cf. copyhold n. 1a, base adj. 6a. Now historical.In early use with reference to the tenant's payment of custom (custom n. 4); later interpreted as referring to the rendering of services according to the custom of the manor (custom of the manor n. at custom n. 2b).Customary tenure was formally abolished by the Law of Property Act, 1922; see quot. 1922.Cf. the different legal use at sense A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [adjective]

customary1511

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adjective] > customary

customary1511

1511–12 Act 3 Henry VIII c. 18 in Statutes of Realm (1817) III. 40 Custumarye and Copieholders tenauntes of eny Copyeholde londes holden at wylle of the Lorde.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xix. f. 34 Copye holder, & customary holder.

1567 in F. J. Baigent Coll. Rec. & Documents Crondal (1891) 163 One yarde of customary lande..graunted to and with the said messuage or messuages.

1590 W. West Συμβολαιογραϕία ii. §105. sig. Iiiii^v The fine or fines for the taking of the premisses being copyhold or customarie tenure by the said T. his heires or assignes.

a1616 C. Calthorpe Relation Lord & Coppy-holder (1635) 51 Although some bee called Coppy-holders, some Customary, some Tenants by the Virg [sic],..yet doe they all agree in substance and kinde of Tenure.

1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 145 If any customarie tenant or copiholder hold two parcels of land by herriot service.

1731 S. Burroughs (title) An enquiry into the customary-estates and tenant-rights of those who hold lands of church and other foundations.

1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 14 The tenantry yard-lands (or customary tenements) which are still subject to rights of common.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 388/1 In the assessionable manors, parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, customary estates for years still subsist.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xx. 151 Property of every description, including copyhold and customary lands.

1922 Law of Prop. Act §128 (1) As from the commencement of this Act, every parcel of copyhold land shall by virtue of this Act be enfranchised and cease to be of copyhold or customary tenure.

1991 Amer. Hist. Rev. 96 48 Gruald was a customary tenant, that is, he held his land by an ‘unfree’, or a ‘base’, tenure.

2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 The court records identify..whether the property was held by customary tenure..or by lease for years or lives.

2. Designating a payment made or exacted as a tax or tribute. Cf. custom n. 3a, 4. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective]

customary?1534

?1534 tr. Dialoge Julius sig. d.vi^v Jul. I can be contented to fauour, ye euen the yndiens, affrycans, ethyopiens, and therto the grekes, yf they wolde fortyfy me, and aknowlege me theyr prynce by some custumary duetyes.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 36 Toll gatherers..ready to search and exact a customary Tribute for the Mogul.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Land cheap, a certain ancient customary Fine, paid either in Mony or Cattel, at every alienation of land lying within some Mannor, or within the liberty of some Borough.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 224 Ordered the Hapoa or Custom-master to..take the Emperors customary Dues, and give me a free Toleration to Trade.

1856 G. Roberts Social Hist. People Southern Counties Eng. 225 Hogling money was a customary payment made by the sheep farmers for their hoglings or hoggets.

1915 Eng. Rep. 149 1346 He was entitled to recover all tithes, dues, rates, customary payments, duties, or sums of money in lieu of tithes and profits belonging to the rector.

1993 R. W. Winks World Civilization iii. iv. 233 The feudal tradition..depended on customary fees and allotted workdays for the lord of the manor.

3. Law. Designating a law or body of law based on established customs, traditions, or usages rather than common law or statute; esp. in customary law. Now chiefly: spec. (a) designating any of various indigenous laws or bodies of law based on traditional customs in particular communities; (b) designating those aspects of international law which are based on the general practice of states rather than on treaty. Also: of or relating to such laws.Cf. the different legal use at sense A. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > common law or customary

customable?a1439

customary1552

consuetudinary1590

consuetudinal1656

negative1894

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Customarye lawe, constitutum ius.

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iii. f. 99^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Customarie law consisteth of certaine laudable customes vsed in some priuate country.

1642 Questions Resolved & Propositions tending to Accomm. (new ed.) ii. sig. A^v For if it be as truely as vulgarly said, Consuetudo est altera Natura, Then are our Customary Lawes the most naturall Laws of this Land.

1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. ii. 11 They are governed chiefly by the Civil Law, though they have likewise their Customary Laws, peculiar to several Provinces.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. i. §47 An uniform tract of decisions of the court of session..is by Mackenzie..accounted part of our customary law.

1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. p. cccxxvii The laws..may subsist either in the form of statute or in that of customary law.

1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ii. 165 The Pooshtoonwulle, or usage of the Afghauns; a rude system of customary law.

1824 Brit. & Colonial Weekly Reg. 24 July 235 The condition of Slaves in the country and round Gallinas is extremely abject... By the customary law of the country, the family Slaves..cannot be sold.

1826 Reg. Deb. Congr. 2 617 The Senator from Maryland insists that the right to send Ministers to this Congress at Panama, is not derived from any pact or convention to that effect; but is derived from the general, customary international law.

1887 Massachusetts Rep. 143 392 It is the law, whether customary or statutory, which determines who shall inherit real property when the owner dies intestate.

1887 A. Featherman Social Hist. Races Mankind I. 91 There exist no regular laws for the government of the tribes, but the customary law..is considered sacred and inviolable.

1917 Virginia Law Rev. 5 105 A treaty or an act of Congress overrules customary international law.

1920 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 37 265 The customary laws of Holland founded on old German customs.

1988 S. Meintjes in J. Laband & R. Haswell Pietermaritzburg 1838–1988 66 Conflicts between village members were solved in the customary court.

1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment i. ii. 15 State practice supported by opinio juris..provides the evidence necessary to establish a customary rule.

2008 Indonesia 86 162 The legal status of customary law, particularly as it applies to land, is still in considerable flux.

a. In accordance with, established by, or based on the customs of a particular society, community, etc.; traditional, conventional. Also (sometimes depreciative): in accordance with fashion or prevailing practice; fashionable, in vogue.In later use frequently in predicative use with it as anticipatory subject and infinitive as complement.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective]

useda1500

customary1569

fashionablea1627

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > established by custom of society or group

customary1569

naturalized1806

use-established1897

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary > established by usage

useda1500

customary1569

use-established1897

1569 J. Leslie Def. Honour Marie Quene of Scotl. i. f. 14 Neither ys there anie suche order or custome..for the reseruation of the corps fortie dayes... Ye are as litle able to proue, that there hathe bene anie suche customarie solemnitie obserued [etc.].

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. i. sig. Biij I delighted more to contemplate of Segnior Phyloxenus vertues..who..at Christmas, inuited all commers, as a customarie dutie.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C If my behauiours had beene of a cheape, or customary garbe; my Accent, or phrase, vulgar; my Garments trite.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 87 I haue heere the Customarie Gowne.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 36 The customary measure of any place being known..to find how much it will make by a greater or a lesser measure of another place.

1704 tr. D. F. Navarette Acct. Empire of China iv. iv, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 157/2 In Religious Orders it is customary to give Letters of Brotherhood to their Devotes and Benefactors.

1726 T. Burnett Demonstr. True Relig. I. 291 They were Idolaters in practice, and not only conform'd to the customary rites of worship themselves; but gave it out, as a standing Rule.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xlix. 615 It has been of late very customary to consider all the phenomena of nature as derived from the motions of the corpuscles of matter.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 334 It was customary to have very long troops of kindred and friends at the..betrothal.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The family was a religious and customary institution binding the members together.

1947 R. Carnap Meaning & Necessity iii. 96 The customary method of meaning analysis regards an expression as a name for a (concrete or abstract) entity.

1986 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law S. Afr. (ed. 3) 237 A woman married by customary rites has certain claims to inherit from her husband on his death.

2003 Church Times 17 Apr. 15/5 It is customary for Jews who were first-born to fast on the day before Passover.

b. Relating to or involving the customs of a particular society, community, etc.

ΚΠ

1659 H. L'Estrange tr. Pope Gregory I in Alliance Divine Offices i. 21 Provided the unity of faith be preserved, customary differences do not put the holy Church to any detriment.

1731 R. Smalbroke Vindic. Miracles II. i. 159 If he had not been Sober he could not have made so just a Reflection on the customary Difference of Wine at Feasts.

a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) II. iv. xviii. 282 The state of half appropriation of land..to be found with numbers of trifling customary variations in many parts of Britain, is a direct descendant of similar customs..in North India and Germany.

1922 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 5 579 Much of the historical and juristic literature of Spain deals with the institutional and customary differences developed among these groups and sections.

1996 J. Górecki Justifying Ethics 108 The new norms may be..reshaped by customary changes.

2009 M. Ivanovic et al. Tourism Devel. 1 xi. 305 Tourists from Cape Town visiting Durban will find many customary similarities to their hosts.

a. In accordance with the usual practice or behaviour of a person or thing; habitual, typical, usual. Now frequently with possessive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary

wonesomec1200

wonec1275

customable1381

customeda1382

useda1382

wonta1382

wonted1408

accustomed1429

vulgarc1430

usualc1444

famosec1449

customalc1450

accustomablec1475

accustomatea1513

frequent1531

accustomary1541

customary1574

frequented1586

consuetudinary1590

ordinary1605

consuetudinal1656

habitual1689

solent1694

regulation1803

usitate1885

1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie vi. 336 To deceite in bargayning, is added a custumary vanitie of many wordes [Fr. vanité de paroles], lying, swearing, and forswearing.

1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xi. 80 Customary running, lengthneth the breath.

1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 525 The utter Insensibility..of the..Conscience, which customary sinning introduces.

1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 33 Such Weather is customary as we draw near the Line.

1819 A. Rees Cycl. IV Belling of hops, denotes their opening and expanding to their customary shape.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. x. 94 Recovering his customary self-possession.

1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. iii. 81 Burdett, in his customary buckskins and top boots.

1936 Pittsburgh Courier 13 June i. 10/7 Refreshments and the customary swing of a good house party was tops.

1972 Oxf. Mail 15 Feb. 12/6 Carlisle [football club] are in their customary promotion-challenging position.

2014 B. T. O'Brien Kong Meng Legacy xxi. 131 Edmund bounded into the room full of his customary verve and joie de vivre.

b. Modifying an agent noun: that habitually does the action specified. Cf. habitual adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually

customablec1449

accustomablec1475

inure1475

usual1579

frequent1611

habituated1619

customary1629

regular1782

habitual1825

1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin xv. 39 Mary Magdalen a manifold sinner, a customary sinner, a most deadly sinner, yet repenting Mary Magdalen is forgiuen.

a1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 189 It falls not within the compass of my remembrance, that a customary Dram-drinker ever left it off.

1820 T. Pruen Illustr. Liturgy I. i. 227 One who had been no customary offender, but being once surprised in a deplorable instance, never gives over thinking upon it with shame and sorrow.

1884 Eclectic Mag. Feb. 278/2 Those customary offenders, who seem unable to adjust themselves to the conditions of civilized life.

2004 J. H. Weisburger in R. J. Moore & D. Spiegel Cancer, Culture, & Communication vii. 142 Many of the workmen were customary smokers.

†c. Of a person: that prays or worships perfunctorily or formulaically as a result of habit. Of a religious observance: perfunctory, formulaic. Cf. customariness n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > due to habitual performance

customary1654

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 349 In her devotions, she is serious, not Customary.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 712 There is a customary Recital of Prayers, and as customary an Unconcernment in them.

1746 N. Neal Free Remonstr. to Protestant Ministers 33 The criminal Neglect of such Ministers, who content themselves..with offering up a few languid and customary Prayers to God.

†B. n.³

An act of courtesy required as a matter of custom or etiquette. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun]

gentilessea1413

courtesya1475

humanitya1533

urbanities1630

courtship1631

civility1645

gallantry1673

complaisance1710

politeness1720

complacency1749

attention1752

customary1756

sensibility1795

personality1811

amenity1826

suavities1852

1756 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 231 The little parting customaries are not to be mentioned.

Compounds

customary court n. now historical a manorial court exercising jurisdiction over customary tenants and administering the custom of the manor as contrasted with the common law; cf. court-baron n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > feudal courts > other manorial, etc., courts

leet1292

view of frankpledge1495

court leet1588

customary court1628

leet-court1651

honour court1661

knighten court1701

suit court1755

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 58 a A customary Court, and that doth concerne Copiholders, and therein the Lord or his Steward is the Judge. Now as there can be no Court baron without freeholders, so there cannot bee this kind of customary Court without Copiholders or Customary holders.

1794 R. B. Fisher Pract. Treat. Copyhold Tenure iii. 21 Where a Manor is granted by copy it cannot have freeholders, or a court baron: Though it may have a customary court for the admission of Copyholders.

2008 D. Youngs H. Newton iii. 55 At the customary court (the civil court for the ‘unfree’ of a village), the steward acted as the interpreter of customary law.

customary hold n. and adj. Law (now rare) (a) n. customary tenure (see sense A. 1); an estate held by this; cf. copyhold n.; (b) adj. (of land or property) held by customary tenure.

ΚΠ

1553 Act 1 Mary 2nd Sess. c. 2 §9 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 213 Every suche person and persons as shoulde or ought to have hadd the said Coppieholdes Customarie holdes or Fermes.

1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E3 Hauing..No tenures, but a costumarie [printed constumarie] hold Of what they haue from their progenitors.

1755 R. Burn Justice of Peace I. 105 The lands of such bankrupt, as well copy or customary hold as freehold, which he had in his own right before he became a bankrupt.

1769 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 606/1 She is at all events intitled to the customary hold estates.

1837 R. Rouse Copyhold & Court-keeping Pract. 120 So much of the said demised premises as are copyhold or customary hold.

1871 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Property (ed. 9) i. xi. 216 Any freehold, copyhold or customary-hold property.

1901 Law Times 10 Aug. 352/1 Those who are entitled to the intestate's freehold and copyhold or customary hold estates, respectively, to come in, by Dec. 10, and prove their claims at the chambers of Mr. Justice Byrne.

1932 Times 11 May /6 (advt.) Tenure part freehold, part enfranchised customary hold.

customary marriage n. now chiefly South African a marriage contracted according to traditional custom and recognized by customary law (see sense A. 3(a)).In South Africa customary marriages are now formally recognized following the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > other types

Westminster wedding1660

customary marriage1871

hierogamy1882

companionate1924

companionate marriage1925

customary union1927

plaçage1937

gay marriage1957

open marriage1972

covenant marriage1990

1871 G. E. Webster et al. Let. 24 Feb. in Alleged Frauds against Indian Soldiers (1872) 103 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (42nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Rep. 96) IV These customary marriages have been recognized.

1968 H. M. D. bin Ali in D. C. Buxbaum Family Law & Customary Law in Asia x. 194 Customary divorce, like customary marriage, has its own laws and rituals.

2015 New Age (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 May The 1996 divorce applied to the civil marriage she had with Mandela, but it did not automatically dissolve the customary marriage.

customary mill n. now historical a mill belonging to a feudal lord at which tenants are obliged to grind their corn, paying a proportion of the grain as tax; = custom mill n. 1.

ΚΠ

a1638 R. Brownlow & J. Gouldsborough Rep. Diverse Cases (1651) 18 The Bishop of Salisbury was seised of four customary Mils, called A. in his Demesne, as of Fee in right of his Bishoprick.

1709 London Gaz. No. 4505/4 The several Manors of Bovey-Tracey [etc.]..with the Market and Fairs of Bovey-Tracey aforesaid, and the Customary Mills there.

2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law iii. 118 The obligation of a newly-admitted tenant to grind corn at his lord's customary mill.

customary union n. South African = customary marriage n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > other types

Westminster wedding1660

customary marriage1871

hierogamy1882

companionate1924

companionate marriage1925

customary union1927

plaçage1937

gay marriage1957

open marriage1972

covenant marriage1990

1927 Statutes Union S. Afr. 332 No male Native shall, during the subsistence of any customary union between him and any woman, contract a marriage with any other woman.

1953 S. M. Seymour Native Law 68 A grown-up girl is not capable of contracting a customary union by herself. The contracting parties are the bride's guardian and the bridegroom.

2015 J. D. van der Vyver in P. Coertzen et al. Law & Relig. in Afr. xv. 232 Polygamy was no longer an obstacle to the recognition of such customary unions as marriages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	customary
释义	customaryn.¹ Brit. /ˈkʌstəm(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkəstəˌmɛri/ Forms: late Middle English custumarie, 1500s– customary, 1500s– custumary, 1600s costomary, 1600s 1800s– costumary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin custumarium, custumarius. Etymology: < post-classical Latin custumarium book of customs (14th cent. in a British source in a monastic context; 15th cent. in British sources in a manorial context), use as noun of neuter of custumarius customary adj. Compare Middle French, French †coustumier , French coutumier (1396). Compare customer n. 7.Forms with -o- in the first syllable show remodelling after similar forms of custom n. 1. a. Law. A document or book containing the customs (custom n. 2) of a city, region, etc.; = custumal n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > book of laws or statutes > customary customary1413 custumal1576 Grand Customer1685 1413–19 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 225 [They] wrongisly chargen the forsaid tenantz with newe charges..as it is shewid..bi hire olde Custumarie. 1461–2 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1461 §16. m. 10 The oold bookes, evidences, writyngs, custumaries, courtrolles, particuler accomptes bookes called the pipes. ?1585 E. Aggas tr. E. de L'Allouette Catholicke Apologie iv. f. 136 The other reason shal concerne the article of the customary of Paris. 1604 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 432 The Costomary of the mannor of Tettenhall regis. a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 64 By the customary of Bretaigne the Lords have aids towards the marrying of their daughters. 1757 Parl. Hist. Eng. XIX. 424 If the Laws in the Customary were introduced there [sc. Normandy] from England..the Laws of England were not introduced here by William the Conqueror. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 140 The earliest written customary in France is that of Bearn. 1885 Law Times' Rep. 53 503/1 Such custom was not contained in any of the customaries of the manor. 1979 S. L. Popkin Rational Peasant iii. 91 The adjudication procedures, the customary, and the entire corpus of rules by which village life was ordered were regarded as a valuable asset. 2010 M. Wood Story of Eng. viii. 156 Had the survey been completed it would have amounted to a comprehensive register and customary of all England down to individual villeins, cottagers and serfs. †b. The customs of a country, society, etc., collectively; a body of customs or traditions. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] moursc1250 manners?a1425 way of living1516 fashions1555 way of lifea1616 ways1628 customary1796 moeurs1854 culture1860 mores1898 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 110 The whole of the polity and œconomy of every country in Europe..was drawn from the old Germanic or Gothic custumary. 1859 G. W. Dasent tr. P.C. Asbjørnsen & J. Moe Pop. Tales from Norse Introd. p. xi The codes of the Lombards, Franks, and Goths were not mere savage, brutal customaries. 2. Christian Church. A book or document containing the rules and customary practices of a particular monastery, cathedral, collegiate church, etc. Also: a book or document prescribing the form and order of ceremonies and services. Cf. consuetudinary n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > book (general) > service book (general) > [noun] > containing directions for worship > monastic reghel-bookc1175 consuetudinarya1513 customarya1676 consuetudinal1817 a1676 S. Gunton Hist. Church Peterburgh (1686) 296 They who were minuti let blood, were formerly refreshed in the Refectory three times a day, with a regular diet; as appears by the antient Customary of this Church. 1882 J. W. Legg Notes Hist. Liturg. Colours 43 Richard de Ware was Abbot of Westminster from 1258 to 1283, and caused a custumary to be written. 1909 E. G. C. F. Atchley Hist. Use of Incense in Divine Worship ii. xvi. 307 The Custumary of St Denis directs two priests to cense the high altar, the Lady altar, and the convent during the offertory. 1963 S. J. P. van Dijk Sources Mod. Rom. Liturgy I. i. 54 Rubrics, extracts, ordinals or customaries of religious Orders. 2007 P. V. Marshall Bishop is Coming 102 Concelebration as practiced in our diocese is described in the ordination customary and the customary for eucharists at which the bishop presides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † customaryn.² Forms: pre-1700 customarie, pre-1700 custumary, pre-1700 custummarie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: customer n., -y suffix³. Etymology: < customer n. (compare forms at that entry) + -y suffix³. Scots Law. Obsolete. The office or position of collector of customs. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > imposition or collecting of duties on goods > [noun] > customs house or tollbooth > custom-house officer customary1494 jerquer1706 douanier1739 king's man1814 liquidators of vessels1884 1494 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 197/1 To produce and preif anent the office of custumary of Glasgw. 1579 in W. Mackay & H. C. Boyd Rec. Inverness (1911) I. 270 He..as principall custummar protestis that na vther man..haif place to the said custummarie induring his lyftyme. 1618 Wemyss Charter in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The offices of stewartrie, bailliarie, customarie, searcherie, crownarie, and all uther offices of the said regalite. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). customaryadj.n.³ Brit. /ˈkʌstəm(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkəstəˌmɛri/ Forms: 1500s custumarye, 1500s custummary, 1500s–1600s customarie, 1500s–1600s customarye, 1500s–1600s custumarie, 1500s–1600s custumary, 1500s– customary, 1600s costomarie, 1600s costomary, 1600s costumarie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin customarius ; custom n., -ary suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (i) < post-classical Latin customarius, custumarius (of land) subject to services from bound tenants (from 13th cent. in British sources), (of status) bound by custom (13th cent. in a British source), (of service or payment) due from a bound tenant, (of a tenant) bound (from 14th cent. in British sources), habitual (14th cent. in British sources); < customa , custuma custom n. + classical Latin -ārius -ary suffix¹, and partly (ii) < custom n. + -ary suffix¹. Compare earlier customer adj. and the French adjectives cited at that entry.Compare Old Occitan costumier habitual. The corresponding adjective in classical Latin was consuētūdinārius consuetudinary adj. A. adj. 1. Law. Designating a system of landholding by manorial or other custom, typically requiring the tenant to render services (service n.¹ 10a) periodically to his or her lord; esp. in customary tenure. Also: designating land held by this system (esp. in customary land, customary estate); designating a feudal tenant holding land of this type (esp. in customary tenant, customary holder). Cf. copyhold n. 1a, base adj. 6a. Now historical.In early use with reference to the tenant's payment of custom (custom n. 4); later interpreted as referring to the rendering of services according to the custom of the manor (custom of the manor n. at custom n. 2b).Customary tenure was formally abolished by the Law of Property Act, 1922; see quot. 1922.Cf. the different legal use at sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [adjective] customary1511 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adjective] > customary customary1511 1511–12 Act 3 Henry VIII c. 18 in Statutes of Realm (1817) III. 40 Custumarye and Copieholders tenauntes of eny Copyeholde londes holden at wylle of the Lorde. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xix. f. 34 Copye holder, & customary holder. 1567 in F. J. Baigent Coll. Rec. & Documents Crondal (1891) 163 One yarde of customary lande..graunted to and with the said messuage or messuages. 1590 W. West Συμβολαιογραϕία ii. §105. sig. Iiiii^v The fine or fines for the taking of the premisses being copyhold or customarie tenure by the said T. his heires or assignes. a1616 C. Calthorpe Relation Lord & Coppy-holder (1635) 51 Although some bee called Coppy-holders, some Customary, some Tenants by the Virg [sic],..yet doe they all agree in substance and kinde of Tenure. 1620 J. Wilkinson Treat. Statutes conc. Coroners & Sherifes (new ed.) 145 If any customarie tenant or copiholder hold two parcels of land by herriot service. 1731 S. Burroughs (title) An enquiry into the customary-estates and tenant-rights of those who hold lands of church and other foundations. 1794 T. Davis Gen. View Agric. Wilts. 14 The tenantry yard-lands (or customary tenements) which are still subject to rights of common. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 388/1 In the assessionable manors, parcel of the duchy of Cornwall, customary estates for years still subsist. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xx. 151 Property of every description, including copyhold and customary lands. 1922 Law of Prop. Act §128 (1) As from the commencement of this Act, every parcel of copyhold land shall by virtue of this Act be enfranchised and cease to be of copyhold or customary tenure. 1991 Amer. Hist. Rev. 96 48 Gruald was a customary tenant, that is, he held his land by an ‘unfree’, or a ‘base’, tenure. 2002 Oxoniensia 66 74 The court records identify..whether the property was held by customary tenure..or by lease for years or lives. 2. Designating a payment made or exacted as a tax or tribute. Cf. custom n. 3a, 4. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] customary?1534 ?1534 tr. Dialoge Julius sig. d.vi^v Jul. I can be contented to fauour, ye euen the yndiens, affrycans, ethyopiens, and therto the grekes, yf they wolde fortyfy me, and aknowlege me theyr prynce by some custumary duetyes. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 36 Toll gatherers..ready to search and exact a customary Tribute for the Mogul. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Land cheap, a certain ancient customary Fine, paid either in Mony or Cattel, at every alienation of land lying within some Mannor, or within the liberty of some Borough. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. l. 224 Ordered the Hapoa or Custom-master to..take the Emperors customary Dues, and give me a free Toleration to Trade. 1856 G. Roberts Social Hist. People Southern Counties Eng. 225 Hogling money was a customary payment made by the sheep farmers for their hoglings or hoggets. 1915 Eng. Rep. 149 1346 He was entitled to recover all tithes, dues, rates, customary payments, duties, or sums of money in lieu of tithes and profits belonging to the rector. 1993 R. W. Winks World Civilization iii. iv. 233 The feudal tradition..depended on customary fees and allotted workdays for the lord of the manor. 3. Law. Designating a law or body of law based on established customs, traditions, or usages rather than common law or statute; esp. in customary law. Now chiefly: spec. (a) designating any of various indigenous laws or bodies of law based on traditional customs in particular communities; (b) designating those aspects of international law which are based on the general practice of states rather than on treaty. Also: of or relating to such laws.Cf. the different legal use at sense A. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [adjective] > common law or customary customable?a1439 customary1552 consuetudinary1590 consuetudinal1656 negative1894 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Customarye lawe, constitutum ius. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iii. f. 99^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Customarie law consisteth of certaine laudable customes vsed in some priuate country. 1642 Questions Resolved & Propositions tending to Accomm. (new ed.) ii. sig. A^v For if it be as truely as vulgarly said, Consuetudo est altera Natura, Then are our Customary Lawes the most naturall Laws of this Land. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. ii. 11 They are governed chiefly by the Civil Law, though they have likewise their Customary Laws, peculiar to several Provinces. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. i. i. §47 An uniform tract of decisions of the court of session..is by Mackenzie..accounted part of our customary law. 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. p. cccxxvii The laws..may subsist either in the form of statute or in that of customary law. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ii. 165 The Pooshtoonwulle, or usage of the Afghauns; a rude system of customary law. 1824 Brit. & Colonial Weekly Reg. 24 July 235 The condition of Slaves in the country and round Gallinas is extremely abject... By the customary law of the country, the family Slaves..cannot be sold. 1826 Reg. Deb. Congr. 2 617 The Senator from Maryland insists that the right to send Ministers to this Congress at Panama, is not derived from any pact or convention to that effect; but is derived from the general, customary international law. 1887 Massachusetts Rep. 143 392 It is the law, whether customary or statutory, which determines who shall inherit real property when the owner dies intestate. 1887 A. Featherman Social Hist. Races Mankind I. 91 There exist no regular laws for the government of the tribes, but the customary law..is considered sacred and inviolable. 1917 Virginia Law Rev. 5 105 A treaty or an act of Congress overrules customary international law. 1920 S. Afr. Law Jrnl. 37 265 The customary laws of Holland founded on old German customs. 1988 S. Meintjes in J. Laband & R. Haswell Pietermaritzburg 1838–1988 66 Conflicts between village members were solved in the customary court. 1992 P. W. Birnie & A. E. Boyle Internat. Law & Environment i. ii. 15 State practice supported by opinio juris..provides the evidence necessary to establish a customary rule. 2008 Indonesia 86 162 The legal status of customary law, particularly as it applies to land, is still in considerable flux. 4. a. In accordance with, established by, or based on the customs of a particular society, community, etc.; traditional, conventional. Also (sometimes depreciative): in accordance with fashion or prevailing practice; fashionable, in vogue.In later use frequently in predicative use with it as anticipatory subject and infinitive as complement. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] useda1500 customary1569 fashionablea1627 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adjective] > established by custom of society or group customary1569 naturalized1806 use-established1897 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary > established by usage useda1500 customary1569 use-established1897 1569 J. Leslie Def. Honour Marie Quene of Scotl. i. f. 14 Neither ys there anie suche order or custome..for the reseruation of the corps fortie dayes... Ye are as litle able to proue, that there hathe bene anie suche customarie solemnitie obserued [etc.]. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. i. sig. Biij I delighted more to contemplate of Segnior Phyloxenus vertues..who..at Christmas, inuited all commers, as a customarie dutie. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love i. iii. sig. C If my behauiours had beene of a cheape, or customary garbe; my Accent, or phrase, vulgar; my Garments trite. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 87 I haue heere the Customarie Gowne. View more context for this quotation 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 36 The customary measure of any place being known..to find how much it will make by a greater or a lesser measure of another place. 1704 tr. D. F. Navarette Acct. Empire of China iv. iv, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 157/2 In Religious Orders it is customary to give Letters of Brotherhood to their Devotes and Benefactors. 1726 T. Burnett Demonstr. True Relig. I. 291 They were Idolaters in practice, and not only conform'd to the customary rites of worship themselves; but gave it out, as a standing Rule. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xlix. 615 It has been of late very customary to consider all the phenomena of nature as derived from the motions of the corpuscles of matter. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xx. 334 It was customary to have very long troops of kindred and friends at the..betrothal. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 161 The family was a religious and customary institution binding the members together. 1947 R. Carnap Meaning & Necessity iii. 96 The customary method of meaning analysis regards an expression as a name for a (concrete or abstract) entity. 1986 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law S. Afr. (ed. 3) 237 A woman married by customary rites has certain claims to inherit from her husband on his death. 2003 Church Times 17 Apr. 15/5 It is customary for Jews who were first-born to fast on the day before Passover. b. Relating to or involving the customs of a particular society, community, etc. ΚΠ 1659 H. L'Estrange tr. Pope Gregory I in Alliance Divine Offices i. 21 Provided the unity of faith be preserved, customary differences do not put the holy Church to any detriment. 1731 R. Smalbroke Vindic. Miracles II. i. 159 If he had not been Sober he could not have made so just a Reflection on the customary Difference of Wine at Feasts. a1833 G. Higgins Anacalypsis (1836) II. iv. xviii. 282 The state of half appropriation of land..to be found with numbers of trifling customary variations in many parts of Britain, is a direct descendant of similar customs..in North India and Germany. 1922 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 5 579 Much of the historical and juristic literature of Spain deals with the institutional and customary differences developed among these groups and sections. 1996 J. Górecki Justifying Ethics 108 The new norms may be..reshaped by customary changes. 2009 M. Ivanovic et al. Tourism Devel. 1 xi. 305 Tourists from Cape Town visiting Durban will find many customary similarities to their hosts. 5. a. In accordance with the usual practice or behaviour of a person or thing; habitual, typical, usual. Now frequently with possessive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > usual or customary wonesomec1200 wonec1275 customable1381 customeda1382 useda1382 wonta1382 wonted1408 accustomed1429 vulgarc1430 usualc1444 famosec1449 customalc1450 accustomablec1475 accustomatea1513 frequent1531 accustomary1541 customary1574 frequented1586 consuetudinary1590 ordinary1605 consuetudinal1656 habitual1689 solent1694 regulation1803 usitate1885 1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie vi. 336 To deceite in bargayning, is added a custumary vanitie of many wordes [Fr. vanité de paroles], lying, swearing, and forswearing. 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xi. 80 Customary running, lengthneth the breath. 1706 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels III. 525 The utter Insensibility..of the..Conscience, which customary sinning introduces. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 33 Such Weather is customary as we draw near the Line. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. IV Belling of hops, denotes their opening and expanding to their customary shape. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. x. 94 Recovering his customary self-possession. 1893 H. Vizetelly Glances Back I. iii. 81 Burdett, in his customary buckskins and top boots. 1936 Pittsburgh Courier 13 June i. 10/7 Refreshments and the customary swing of a good house party was tops. 1972 Oxf. Mail 15 Feb. 12/6 Carlisle [football club] are in their customary promotion-challenging position. 2014 B. T. O'Brien Kong Meng Legacy xxi. 131 Edmund bounded into the room full of his customary verve and joie de vivre. b. Modifying an agent noun: that habitually does the action specified. Cf. habitual adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually customablec1449 accustomablec1475 inure1475 usual1579 frequent1611 habituated1619 customary1629 regular1782 habitual1825 1629 J. Lightfoot Erubhin xv. 39 Mary Magdalen a manifold sinner, a customary sinner, a most deadly sinner, yet repenting Mary Magdalen is forgiuen. a1796 S. Pegge Anonymiana (1809) 189 It falls not within the compass of my remembrance, that a customary Dram-drinker ever left it off. 1820 T. Pruen Illustr. Liturgy I. i. 227 One who had been no customary offender, but being once surprised in a deplorable instance, never gives over thinking upon it with shame and sorrow. 1884 Eclectic Mag. Feb. 278/2 Those customary offenders, who seem unable to adjust themselves to the conditions of civilized life. 2004 J. H. Weisburger in R. J. Moore & D. Spiegel Cancer, Culture, & Communication vii. 142 Many of the workmen were customary smokers. †c. Of a person: that prays or worships perfunctorily or formulaically as a result of habit. Of a religious observance: perfunctory, formulaic. Cf. customariness n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > due to habitual performance customary1654 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 349 In her devotions, she is serious, not Customary. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 712 There is a customary Recital of Prayers, and as customary an Unconcernment in them. 1746 N. Neal Free Remonstr. to Protestant Ministers 33 The criminal Neglect of such Ministers, who content themselves..with offering up a few languid and customary Prayers to God. †B. n.³ An act of courtesy required as a matter of custom or etiquette. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] gentilessea1413 courtesya1475 humanitya1533 urbanities1630 courtship1631 civility1645 gallantry1673 complaisance1710 politeness1720 complacency1749 attention1752 customary1756 sensibility1795 personality1811 amenity1826 suavities1852 1756 S. Richardson Corr. (1804) III. 231 The little parting customaries are not to be mentioned. Compounds customary court n. now historical a manorial court exercising jurisdiction over customary tenants and administering the custom of the manor as contrasted with the common law; cf. court-baron n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > feudal courts > other manorial, etc., courts leet1292 view of frankpledge1495 court leet1588 customary court1628 leet-court1651 honour court1661 knighten court1701 suit court1755 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 58 a A customary Court, and that doth concerne Copiholders, and therein the Lord or his Steward is the Judge. Now as there can be no Court baron without freeholders, so there cannot bee this kind of customary Court without Copiholders or Customary holders. 1794 R. B. Fisher Pract. Treat. Copyhold Tenure iii. 21 Where a Manor is granted by copy it cannot have freeholders, or a court baron: Though it may have a customary court for the admission of Copyholders. 2008 D. Youngs H. Newton iii. 55 At the customary court (the civil court for the ‘unfree’ of a village), the steward acted as the interpreter of customary law. customary hold n. and adj. Law (now rare) (a) n. customary tenure (see sense A. 1); an estate held by this; cf. copyhold n.; (b) adj. (of land or property) held by customary tenure. ΚΠ 1553 Act 1 Mary 2nd Sess. c. 2 §9 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 213 Every suche person and persons as shoulde or ought to have hadd the said Coppieholdes Customarie holdes or Fermes. 1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iii. i. sig. E3 Hauing..No tenures, but a costumarie [printed constumarie] hold Of what they haue from their progenitors. 1755 R. Burn Justice of Peace I. 105 The lands of such bankrupt, as well copy or customary hold as freehold, which he had in his own right before he became a bankrupt. 1769 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 606/1 She is at all events intitled to the customary hold estates. 1837 R. Rouse Copyhold & Court-keeping Pract. 120 So much of the said demised premises as are copyhold or customary hold. 1871 J. Williams Princ. Law Real Property (ed. 9) i. xi. 216 Any freehold, copyhold or customary-hold property. 1901 Law Times 10 Aug. 352/1 Those who are entitled to the intestate's freehold and copyhold or customary hold estates, respectively, to come in, by Dec. 10, and prove their claims at the chambers of Mr. Justice Byrne. 1932 Times 11 May /6 (advt.) Tenure part freehold, part enfranchised customary hold. customary marriage n. now chiefly South African a marriage contracted according to traditional custom and recognized by customary law (see sense A. 3(a)).In South Africa customary marriages are now formally recognized following the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > other types Westminster wedding1660 customary marriage1871 hierogamy1882 companionate1924 companionate marriage1925 customary union1927 plaçage1937 gay marriage1957 open marriage1972 covenant marriage1990 1871 G. E. Webster et al. Let. 24 Feb. in Alleged Frauds against Indian Soldiers (1872) 103 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (42nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Rep. 96) IV These customary marriages have been recognized. 1968 H. M. D. bin Ali in D. C. Buxbaum Family Law & Customary Law in Asia x. 194 Customary divorce, like customary marriage, has its own laws and rituals. 2015 New Age (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 May The 1996 divorce applied to the civil marriage she had with Mandela, but it did not automatically dissolve the customary marriage. customary mill n. now historical a mill belonging to a feudal lord at which tenants are obliged to grind their corn, paying a proportion of the grain as tax; = custom mill n. 1. ΚΠ a1638 R. Brownlow & J. Gouldsborough Rep. Diverse Cases (1651) 18 The Bishop of Salisbury was seised of four customary Mils, called A. in his Demesne, as of Fee in right of his Bishoprick. 1709 London Gaz. No. 4505/4 The several Manors of Bovey-Tracey [etc.]..with the Market and Fairs of Bovey-Tracey aforesaid, and the Customary Mills there. 2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law iii. 118 The obligation of a newly-admitted tenant to grind corn at his lord's customary mill. customary union n. South African = customary marriage n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > other types Westminster wedding1660 customary marriage1871 hierogamy1882 companionate1924 companionate marriage1925 customary union1927 plaçage1937 gay marriage1957 open marriage1972 covenant marriage1990 1927 Statutes Union S. Afr. 332 No male Native shall, during the subsistence of any customary union between him and any woman, contract a marriage with any other woman. 1953 S. M. Seymour Native Law 68 A grown-up girl is not capable of contracting a customary union by herself. The contracting parties are the bride's guardian and the bridegroom. 2015 J. D. van der Vyver in P. Coertzen et al. Law & Relig. in Afr. xv. 232 Polygamy was no longer an obstacle to the recognition of such customary unions as marriages. 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