local custom
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflocalandcustom
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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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(Definition oflocalandcustomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflocal custom
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The legal system, in fact, by and large gave recognition tolocalcustomas a form of 'customary law'.
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However, this decision was no mere capitulation tolocalcustom, because these codes were essentially religious in character.
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Even an external adjudicator found that the authority oflocalcustomand memory were his strongest evidence.
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Localcustomalso dictates that it is good practice to be welcoming and agreeable with visitors to the community.
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Participation had become a matter of legal requirement, no longer one of pride, community spirit andlocalcustom.
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They had alocalcustomwhich was continual and traditional.
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However, we do consider thatlocalcustomshould 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 andlocalcustom.
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The bull was destroyed in accordance withlocalcustomin such cases.
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We respected race, religion andlocalcustomin all the territories which we administered.
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It is always sad whenlocalcustomchanges but that is that.
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Occupation and use of land depends onlocalcustomand practice.
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Many of them indeed, are unwritten and matters oflocalcustom.
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Notwithstanding anylocalcustom, the definition would prevail all over the country.
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I shall give just one instance of how one has to look atlocalcustom.
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Settling serious interpersonal conflicts, including property disputes, became the prerogative of outsiders unfamiliar withlocalcustom: criminal- and civil-court judges and, in cases involving federal ejido parcels, agrarian tribunals.
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Howeverlocalcustomretained the old name.
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Some countries choose to treat delegates as ambassadors; but this is largely a matter oflocalcustom.
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They are also told that they should take care not to infringelocalcustom, 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 oflocalcustom.
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Allocations will be made in accordance withlocalcustom, and with the assistance of the chiefs and their advisers.
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In the medieval period, actual practice varied withlocalcustom.
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A taboo can be put on premises, according tolocalcustom, and that makes use of those premises impossible for a time.
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This incidentally need involve no change in "localcustomand 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 aslocalcustomand so forth.
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