established usage

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• usage — us·age / yü sij, zij/ n: an habitual or uniform practice esp. in an area or trade compare custom Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. us …   Law dictionary

• Usage — Us age, n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See {Use}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. [1913 Webster] My brother Is prisoner to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• usage — (n.) c.1300, established practice, custom, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. usage custom, habit, experience, from us, from L. usus use, custom (see USE (Cf. use)) …   Etymology dictionary

• usage — [yo͞o′sij, yo͞o′zij] n. [OFr < ML usagium < L usus: see USE] 1. the act, way, or extent of using or treating; treatment; use 2. long continued or established practice; habitual or customary use or way of acting; custom; habit 3. the way in… …   English World dictionary

• established custom — index usage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• established practice — index conduct, form (arrangement), usage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• usage — A reasonable and lawful public custom in a locality concerning particular transactions which is either known to the parties, or so well established, general, and uniform that they must be presumed to have acted with reference thereto. Practice in …   Black's law dictionary

• Established — Establish Es*tab lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Established}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Establishing}.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. [ e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See {Stable}, a., { ish}, and cf. {Stablish}.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• usage — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, acceptation, acception, active use, adjectival phrase, antonym, appliance, application, articulation, automatism, bad habit, bon ton, care, ceremony, characteristic, choice, choice of words, clause,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• established species — valid species (a species that has an existence in the real world and is recognised as such. In opposition to a species thought to be distinct but which does not actually exist, is no longer recognised, or is treated as a synonym). May be confused …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• usage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from us use Date: 14th century 1. a. firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure b. a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary