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<p>A <b>legal custom</b> is the established pattern of behavior within a particular social setting. A claim can be carried out in defense of "what has always been done and accepted by law".</p>

<p><b>Customary law</b> (also, <b>consuetudinary</b> or <b>unofficial law</b>) exists where:  <br/>
#a certain legal practice is observed and<br/>
#the relevant actors consider it to be an opinion of law or necessity (<a href="page.php?w=Opinio_juris_sive_necessitatis">opinio juris</a>).</p>

<p>Most customary laws deal with standards of the community that</p><p>
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