Custuma Antiqua Sive Magna

Concept of “Custuma Antiqua Sive Magna”

Traditional meaning of custuma antiqua sive magna in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) An old export duty on wool and hides; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 314. Custuma parva et nova: old duties on goods exported or imported by aliens.

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1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Custuma Antiqua Sive Magna”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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