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local custom

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meanings of localand custom


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local
adjective
uk /ˈləʊ.kəl/ us /ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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custom
noun
uk /ˈkʌs.təm/ us /ˈkʌs.təm/
a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a ...
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Examples of local custom


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The legal system, in fact, by and large gave recognition to localcustom as a form of 'customary law'.
However, this decision was no mere capitulation to localcustom, because these codes were essentially religious in character.
Even an external adjudicator found that the authority of localcustom and memory were his strongest evidence.
Localcustom also dictates that it is good practice to be welcoming and agreeable with visitors to the community.
Participation had become a matter of legal requirement, no longer one of pride, community spirit and localcustom.
They had a localcustom which was continual and traditional.
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However, we do consider that localcustom should be respected.
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In other words, any general tendency has to be seen in terms of the politico-legal structure of the central code and localcustom.
The bull was destroyed in accordance with localcustom in such cases.
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We respected race, religion and localcustom in all the territories which we administered.
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It is always sad when localcustom changes but that is that.
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Occupation and use of land depends on localcustom and practice.
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Many of them indeed, are unwritten and matters of localcustom.
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Notwithstanding any localcustom, the definition would prevail all over the country.
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I shall give just one instance of how one has to look at localcustom.
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Settling serious interpersonal conflicts, including property disputes, became the prerogative of outsiders unfamiliar with localcustom : criminal- and civil-court judges and, in cases involving federal ejido parcels, agrarian tribunals.
However localcustom retained the old name.
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Some countries choose to treat delegates as ambassadors; but this is largely a matter of localcustom.
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They are also told that they should take care not to infringe localcustom, particularly concerning alcohol, dress and behaviour.
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The granting of diplomatic privileges and immunities for the staff of the representative office is a matter of localcustom.
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Allocations will be made in accordance with localcustom, and with the assistance of the chiefs and their advisers.
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In the medieval period, actual practice varied with localcustom.
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A taboo can be put on premises, according to localcustom, and that makes use of those premises impossible for a time.
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This incidentally need involve no change in "localcustom and usage"—the existing riggers could simply become registered dock workers—on the extension register.
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It is the occupier who will be the man to be paid, with certain reservations, such as localcustom and so forth.
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