Customable ness

Frequency; habit; conformity to custom. Cus'tomably, adv. According to custom; in an accustomed manner. Hammond. "Kingdoms have been custom ably carried away by right of succe ion, according to proximity of blood." Cus'tomarily, adv . Habitually; commonly. Cus'to mar in e , n. Frequency; commonne of "Let him have your custom , but not your votes." - Add is on . (Physiol.) Custom differs from habit, with which it is usually coupled, in being a frequent repetition of the same act, whereas habit is the effect which such custom produces upon the mind or body. Custom is well said to be "a second nature." It is able to give a man inclinations and capacities altogether different from those he was born with. Acts that are at first most disagreeable to us, or are only accomplished with the utmost difficulty, become, by each repeated act, more easy and pleasant; until at length it may be difficult, or even impo ible, for us to refrain from doing them. Physiologists tell us that every act of the body-nay, even every thought of the mind, destroys a certain portion of the matter of our body; but, by that very act of destruction, an increased energy or vitality is communicated to the part, by means of which, in a healthy and normal condition, -n. A book containing laws and usages, or customs. a larger quantity of fresh matter is attracted to the part, and by this means an increased store of materials is laid up for future use. By this means the arm of the blacksmith acquires strength; the foot of the dancer, and the hand of the musician, their dexterity. The effect of custom is not discernible during the vivacity of youth; in middle age it gains ground, and in old age it governs without control. To introduce an active habit, the mere repetition of acts is not sufficient, without length of time. The acts require to be separated from each other by short intervals of time, in order to acquire their full force; and the more regular and uniform any operation is, the sooner it becomes habitual. Some pleasures are strengthened by custom, which in other cases beget familiarity and indifference, or even disgust. Custom blunts the edge of distre and pain; yet the want of anything to which we have been long accustomed is a kind of torture. The power of custom is a happy contrivance for our good. The mind grows fond Customary, a . [Fr. coutumier ; L. Lat. coustumarius, occurrence; habitual practice or habit. liable to the tax or tribute of the coustuma .] According to custom, or prescription, or to established or common usage or habit; usual; common; habitual; ordinary; accustomed; as, a customary compliment. "The prejudices of education and customary belief." Glanville. (Law.) Holding or held by custom; as, a customary service. Customer, n. Cowell . One who is in the habit of purchasing at a shop, market, .; one who buys goods or wares; an accustomed buyer or employer. "Poor tradesmen do... persuade customers to buy their goods." Lord Roscommon. An ugly customer , one who is hard to manage; a per Custom-house, n. son who is apt to prove dangerous or intractable. The house or public building set apart for the collection of customs; an office where ve els are entered and cleared, and where the customs duties are paid, or security is given for the payment. Cus'tos, n.; pl . CUSTODES. [Lat.] A custodian; a keeper. Cus'tos-bre'vium, n. ( Law .) In England, the chiefCusto'za, or Custoz'za,a small place of N. Italy, near Mantua. Here the Italians were defeated by the Austrians under Marshal Radetsky, July 23, 1848; and on Cus'tos-rotulorum, n. [L. Lat.] In England and June 24, 1866, they were again defeated by the Austrians. Ireland, the principal magistrate of a county, who has charge of the official records. Cus trel, n. A knight's buckler. - A beaker or wine clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. of those actions which it is accustomed to; and what was at first difficult and disagreeable, becomes at length easy and pleasant; so that even our employments come to be changed into our diversions. It thus also distri- butes a corresponding amount of pleasure among all Cus'trin, in Pru ia. See KÜSTRIN. ranks of life; for white it renders pleasant the labors of the poor man, the pleasures of the rich man lose their effects from satiety. Satiety is nece ary to check ex- quisite pleasures, which would otherwise engro the mind and withdraw it from more important pursuits. From a consideration of the effects of custom we can see the importance of that precept which the heathen phi- losopher Pythagoras is said to have given to his disciples, Optimum vitæ genus elegite, nam consuetudo faciet jucun- di imum- "Select that course of life which is the best, and custom will render it the most pleasant." (Law.) Such a usage as by common consent and uniform practice has become the law of the place, or of the subject-matter to which it relates. It differs from prescription, which is personal, and is annexed to the person of the owner of a particular estate while the other is local, and relates to a particular district. To render a custom valid, it has been said that the follow ing qualities are requisite: 1. Antiquity; i. e. that it shall have been used as far back as time of legal memory, that is, "for so long a time that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary." 2. Continuance without interruption. 3. Without dispute. 4. It must be reasonable; and 5. Certain. 6. Compulsory. 7. Customs must be consistent with each other, Customs in derogation of the common law must be construed strictly.-Cus toms ( coutumes ), in the law of France, were the laws flagon.