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CONSUETUDO TOLLIT COMMUNEM LEGEM Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Co. Litt. 336. Custom takes away the common law. Consuetudo volentes ducit, lex nolen- tes trakit. Custom leads the willing, law compels [drags] the unwilling. Jenk. Cent. 274.

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