cus·tom·ar·y

(kŭs′tə-mĕr′ē)

adj.

1. Commonly practiced, used, or encountered; usual. See Synonyms at usual.

2. Based on custom or tradition rather than written law or contract.

cus′tom·ar′i·ly (-mâr′ə-lē) adv.

cus′tom·ar′i·ness n.

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customariness

noun

The quality or condition of being usual:

habitualness, normalcy, normality, ordinariness, prevalence, regularity, routineness, usualness.

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But things went beyond customariness as clashes broke out between police and locals after a police opened fire to disperse the protesters.

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Consequently, in their discussion of this rule, the authors relied on IHL to establish the customariness of the rule in IAC, and IHRL to establish its customariness in NIAC.

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