general custom

Long skirts, like long hair, had been required for women by religious law and general custom since time immemorial.

They are a Hindu community, and follows the general customs of the area they reside.

The people begin with cleaning their homes as a general custom of Nowruz, known as 'spring clean'.

Please see our Customs Information page for further general customs information.

Fights are their general custom from day one, and both must make efforts to cut down their troubles, and live a happy, married life.

Nonetheless, disrespect for the law and the general customs of society are commonly a sign of addictive disease.

There is also a general custom for Tamil women to adopt their husband's given name as their second name.

As a general custom, the lower castes were prohibited from drawing water from public wells and ponds.

Although we had excellent training schemes for our general customs work at this period cutter crews did not receive any specialised instruction for crewing duties.

The general custom was to hold them on Mondays and Tuesdays, though any day but Friday and Sunday might be used.

Brief Explanation of Korean Customs (general customs, respect, marriage, dining)

Through the publicity of the laws and through general customs the state removes from the right of insight that which is for the subject its formal side.

In associating an officer of marines with the sea-lieutenants in a case having to do with a sailor, the Commander perhaps deviated from general custom.

Immigration Officers who have received the appropriate training are designated as general customs officials and can carry out customs functions in additions to their immigration ones.

Japanese noodles, such as soba and udon, are eaten as a standalone, and usually not with a side dish, in terms of general custom.

However, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, saying that "the general customs of football" do not include deliberately attempting to injure opposing players.

But the more general custom in chest decoration was to employ tracery with or without figure work; Avignon Museum contains some typical examples of the latter class.

Thus, the judge's ruling was a surprising blow to the case, especially since the general custom of Louisiana federal courts was to allow both equity and common law practice.

That, as you know, was the general custom in France in those days among young girls as well born and well bred as was Aline.

The Utman Khel are a tall, stout and fair race, but their dress and general customs have been assimilated by the neighbouring peoples of Bajour.

Although this seemed to be a general custom, it was not a good one in our case, especially since we had begun to pack only shortly before the arrival of the train.

The passing of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act created a provision for the Secretary of State to designate individuals as a "general customs official".

The general custom in Albania was to dip the white skirts in melted sheep-fat for the double purpose of making them waterproof and less visible at a distance.

Polygamy is, of course, the general custom, the number of a man's wives depending entirely upon his wealth, precisely as would the number of his horses in England.

"In regard to white and colored people worshiping in the same building, this cannot be followed as a general custom with profit to either party--especially in the South.