2. Custom as local law.
A custom may have the force of law only if it is confined in its sphere of operation to a particular locality which can be defined with precision1. Although some of the old forms of action made mention of 'customs of the realm of
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A custom may have the force of law only if it is confined in its sphere of operation to a particular locality which can be defined with precision1. Although some of the old forms of action made mention of 'customs of the realm of
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