local custom
Area's usual way
A local custom is a practice or tradition specific to a particular place or community, distinct from what's done elsewhere: It's local custom to remove your shoes before entering a home.
The phrase often explains unfamiliar behavior to outsiders or justifies doing things differently than the norm.
In legal contexts, local custom may carry binding force—established practices that courts recognize even without formal legislation.
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- folk traditionCommunity customs across generations
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
passing down · practice · ceremony · etiquette · taboo · native · ancestral · village · village elder · tribal · manners · observance · festival · feast day · handshake · greeting · superstition · unwritten
- workaroundsworkaround, workarounds, fixes, hacks, quick fix
- Islamic jurisprudenceijma, Islamic law, Sharia, sharia court, fatwa
- cultural psychiatrywindigo, running amok, cultural competence, pining, somatization
local customlegal mandate
Law-required duty
state law · federal law · international law · corporate policy
local, locale, locally, localize, localized, localization, locality, locals, locate