consuetude (konswetud)

[ I may notice that habit is formed by the frequent repetition of the same action or pa ion, and that this repetition is called consuetude or custom. Sir W. Hamilton, Metaph., x. A series of consistent judgments [in Roman law] of this sort built up was in the strictest sense a law based on con suetude. Encyc. Brit., XX. 698. 2. That to which one is accustomed; habitual a ociation; companionship. Let us suck the sweetne of those affections and con suetudes that grow near us. These old shoes are easy to the feet. Emerson , E ays, 1st ser., p. 218. consuetudinal (kon-swe-tu'di-nal), a . [OF. consuetudinal , consuetudinalis (in adv. consuetudinaliter, according to custom), consuetudo (-tudin-), custom: see consuetude, custom.] Customary. consuetudinary (kon-swe-tūʼdi-nā-ri), a. and n. [= OF. consuetudinaire, F. consuétudinaire = Sp. Pg. It. consuetudinario, immemorial custom from remote antiquity. Such is the common law of Scotland. These provinces [Navarre and the Basque), until quite recently, rigidly insisted upon compliance with their con suetudinary law . Encyc. Brit ., IX. 810. II. n.; pl. consuetudinaries (-riz). [ liber , a book), a ritual of devotions: see I.] A book containing the ritual and ceremonial regulations of a monastic house or order; an ordinal or directory for religious houses, or for cathedrals and collegiate churches observing monastic discipline. [Rare.] A consuetudinary of the Abbey of St. Edmunds Bury. Baker , MS. Catalogue by Masters, Cambridge, p. 61. Without noticing the title of St. Osmund's book, our chronicler describes its object to be that of regulating the ecclesiastical service; and he ranks it among those writings which, by the usage of the period, were known under one indiscriminating appellation, Consuetudinary. Rock , Church of our Fathers, i. 11. consul (kon's ul), n. [ consul = Pr. consol , co ol = Sp . Pg. connd = It. console, consolo = D. konsul = G. consul = Dan. Sw. konsul, or noble families, but about 367 B. C. the people obtained the privilege of electing one of the consuls from among themselves, and sometimes both were plebeians. The office of consul was retained under the empire, but was confined chiefly to judicial functions, the presidency of the senate, and the charge of public games, and was ultimately stripped of all power, though remaining the highest dis tinct i on of a subject; it was often a umed by the emper ors, and finally disappeared in the sixth century A. D. 2. In French hist., the title given to the three supreme magistrates of the French republic after the di olution of the Directory in 1799. Napoleon Bonaparte had the title of first consul, and his colleagues were Cambacérès and Lebrun. The first consul was the chief executive; he promulgated laws, named members of council of state, ministers, and amba adors, etc., the second and third consuls having only a deliberative voice. By popular vote Napoleon was chosen consul for life August 2d, 1802, and by a vote of the senate, May IMG:content-1140.png:[blocks in formation] trans. 1. To ask advice of; seek the opinion of as a guide to one's own judgment; have recourse to for information or instruction: as, to consult a friend, a physician, or a book. They were content to consult libraries. Whewell. He gives an account of this episode in his career, which is well worth consulting. A. Dobson , Int. to Steele, p. xxxv. sent his government as a diplomatic agent in any sense. The commercial agents of a government, residing in foreign parts and charged with the duty of promoting the commercial interests of the state, and especially of its individual citizens or subjects, are called consuls . Woolsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, § 95. 41. A senator of Venice. Many of the consuls Are at the duke's already. Shak., Othello, i. 2. consul a get (kon's ul-āj), n. [ consulage , consulaige ; as consul + -age.] A consulate. At Council we debated the buisine e of the Consulage of Leghorne. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 8, 1672. consular (kon'sū-lär), a . and n. [(ME. consuler, n., a consul) = F. consul a ire = Sp. Pg. consular = It. consol are , consul are , consular is , consul , a consul: see consul.] I. a. 1. Pertaining to the consuls in ancient Rome, or in recent times in France, or to their office; pertaining to or characterized by the office of consul: as, the consular power; a consular government. See consul.-2. In international law, pertaining to or having the functions of a consul (see consul, 3): as, the consular service. Consular agent, an officer of a grade subordinate to that of consul, stationed at foreign ports of small commercial importance, and charged with duties similar to those of a consul, or vice-consul. - Consular fees, the privileged fees or perquisites charged by a consul for his official certificates. judging or acting; consider; regard. We are to consult the nece ities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. Sir R. L'Estrange. The senate owns its gratitude to Cato, Who with so great a soul consults its safety. Add is on, Cato, ii. 3. Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse. Franklin, Way to Wealth. 3t. To plan, devise, or contrive. Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. Hab. ii. 10. II. in trans. 1. To seek the opinion or advice of another, for the purpose of regulating one's own action or judgment: followed by with . Rehoboam consulted with the old men. 1 Ki. xii. 6. He who prays, must consult first with his heart. Milton, Eikon ok las tes, xvi. 2. To take counsel together; confer; deliberate in common. Let us consult upon to-morrow's busine . = 2t. A consul. The pride of the consulers . Chaucer, Boëthius, ii. prose 6.