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hævd — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.

Senses

hævd is used for these senses in English:

  • adverse possession (legal) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.
  • custom (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.

custom — full definition

  1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
  2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
  3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

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