customary practices
The usual ways
Customary practices are the established ways of doing things within a particular group, profession, or culture—traditions and habits that have become standard through repeated use rather than formal rules.
The phrase often appears in legal and anthropological contexts: The court considered the customary practices of the indigenous community.
What counts as customary practice may carry the weight of unwritten law.
- precedentsEstablished guiding cases
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- tribal councilsIndigenous community governments
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customary practicesstatutory requirements
Obligations codified in legislation