Glossary : customary rights
Definition 1
Rights which are acquired by custom. They differ
from prescriptive rights in this, that the former are local usages, belonging
to all the inhabitants of a particular place or district - the latter are
rights of individuals, independent of the place of their residence. Best
on Pres. 79; Cruise, Dig. t. 31, c. 1, 7; 2 Greenl. Evi 542.
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