Customary rights

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CUSTOMARY RIGHTS. Rights which are acquired by custom. They differ from prescriptive rights in this, that the former are local usages, belonging to all the inhabitants of a particular place or district-the latter are rights of individuals, independent of the place of their residence. Best on Pres. Sec. 79; Cruise, Dig. t. 31, c. 1, Sec. 7; 2 Greenl. Evi 542.

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reputation			Global Witness called on Kinshasa to boost authorities to ensure oversight of all forest-related activities, ensure the customary rights of local populations are respected, and guarantee the transparent conduct of forest revenue collection and distribution. Congo must do more for forests: NGO by AFP / AFP Global Edition The Borneo Project is also helping Sarawak communities defend their Native Customary Rights land and forests in the courts by providing small grants to help cover their costs to file and prepare evidence for lawsuits. The Borneo Project by Earth Island Journal The trust imposed on the state a "duty to promote the reasonable and beneficial use of water resources in order to maximize their social and economic benefits to the people of this state" and commanded respect for native Hawaiians' traditional and customary rights. Creative Common Law Strategies for Protecting the Environment by Earle, Peter / Trial			curvilinear Cushing, Caleb Cushing, Luther Stearns Cushing, William cushion custodia custodial Custodial Interrogation custodian custodian of the law custodians custodianship custodire custody custom Custom of merchants Custom-house customarily customariness customary customary action customary conduct customary course customary manner of procedure customary procedure Customary rights customary use customary way customer customer approval customer encouragement customers’ man customs Customs Court customs documents Customs Duties customs seizure custos Custos rotulorum cut cut a check cut across cut adrift cut apart cut down cut down to size cut in halves cut in two cut into cut off cut off from inheritance			customarily customariness customariness customariness customary customary customary customary action customary and reasonable charge customary conduct customary course Customary Drinking and Drug Use Record Customary estate Customary estate Customary estate customary fee customary fee customary fee customary fee customary fee Customary International Humanitarian Law Customary international law Customary law Customary law Customary Laws Customary Laws customary manner of procedure Customary payout ratios customary procedure Customary Quick Dispatch Customary rights customary use customary way Customary, Prevailing, and Reasonable customer customer customer customer customer customer Customer & Integrated Services Institute Customer Acceptance Customer Acceptance and Delivery Manager Customer Acceptance Manual Customer Acceptance Package Customer Acceptance Readiness Review Customer Acceptance Requirements Review Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition Customer Acceptance Specification Customer Acceptance Test Customer Acceptance Test Plan Customer Access Equipment Customer Access Gateway Customer Access Information Management System Customer Access Initiation Customer Access Line Customer Access Line Charge Customer Access Network Customer Access Node Customer Access Record

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