The Customary Senate is the assembly of the various traditional councils of the Kanaks, and has jurisdiction over the law proposals concerning the Kanak identity.

The Customary Senate is composed of sixteen members appointed by each traditional council, with two representatives per each customary area.

In its advisory role, the Customary Senate must be consulted on law proposals " concerning the Kanak identity " as defined in the Noumea Accord.

* Customary law was not a rational and consistent body of rules and does not require a system of binding precedent.

* Scriven, John, ( Serjeant at law ), A treatise on copyhold, customary freehold, and ancient demesne tenure: with the jurisdiction of Courts baron and Courts leet ; also an appendix, containing rules for holding Customary courts, Courts baron and Courts leet, forms of court rolls, deputations, and copyhold assurances, and extracts from the relative acts of Parliament, 2 vols., 2nd.

Customary Cambodian teachings are laid out in verse form in long works from the 14th to 18th centuries collectively called Chhbap (" rules " or " codes ").

Customary rules were originally laid down in the days of sailing ships.

Customary international law "... consists of rules of law derived from the consistent conduct of States acting out of the belief that the law required them to act that way.

Regardless of source, chiefs were given the right to arm small numbers of guards and made responsible for the collection of taxes, the recruitment of forced labour, and the enforcement of " Customary Law ".

The 2000 and 2003 editions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices were published using both metric and American Customary Units.

Customary for gunpowder mills, the buildings were separated and designed to survive explosions, with raw materials starting at one end, refined and ground with 5-ton wheels, and the finished powder loaded a mile and a half down the line.

Hence, the laws in force are in hierarchical order are The Hong Kong Basic Law ; legislation in force before 1 July 1997 that was adopted as laws of the HKSAR by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress ; laws enacted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong after 1997 ; and PRC laws listed in Annex III to the Basic Law and applied by way of promulgation or legislation ; Common law and Equity ; Subordinate legislation ; Customary law.

* Customary acre-The customary acre was a measure of roughly similar size to the acre described above, but it was subject to considerable local variation similar to the variation found in carucates, virgates, bovates, nooks, and farundels.

Customary international law is an important source of international environmental law.

Customary international law is derived from the consistent practice of States accompanied by opinio juris, i. e. the conviction of States that the consistent practice is required by a legal obligation.

Customary celebrations and lifestyles are among the traditions that are sought to be preserved.

Customary law was non-existent in Inuit society before the introduction of the Canadian legal system.

Customary international law can be distinguished from treaty law, which consists of explicit agreements between nations to assume obligations.

Customary law is a recognized source of law within jurisdictions of the civil law tradition, inferior to both statutes and regulations.

Customary law is also used in some Third World countries, such as those in Africa, usually used alongside common or civil law.

* South Africa: Legalized for indigenous, black traditionalists by the Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998.

Customary law is also considered more than just bride price but other rituals and ceremonies that enrich Ugandan cultures.

Customary beliefs of a more modern sort are found among followers of the Nagriamel movement based in Fanafo.

Customary law takes precedence over Republic law.

A Pyrex measuring cup manufactured circa 1980, featuring graduations in both metric and U. S. Customary systems.

For comparison, typical wall insulation is 13 ( US Customary ) or 2. 7 ( Metric ) for the same thickness.

One of the chief duties of a Vice President is presiding over the Senate, and Jefferson was concerned about its lack of rules leaving decisions to the discretion of the presiding officer.

Although Senate rules do not necessarily allow a negative vote in committee to block a nomination, a nominee may be filibustered once debate has begun in the full Senate.

While Senate customs have created supermajority rules that have diminished this Constitutional power, the Vice President still retains the ability to influence legislation ( e. g. the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ).

The Senate becomes less influential in administration and lawmaking ; Romulus rules by edict.

* The Senate votes on the petition ; three-fifths of the whole number of Senators ( sixty with no vacancies ) is the required majority ; however, when cloture is invoked on a question of changing the rules of the Senate, two-thirds of the Senators voting ( not necessarily two-thirds of all Senators ) is the requisite majority.

Mason's Manual, originally written by constitutional scholar and former California Senate staff member Paul Mason in 1935, and since his death revised and published by the National Conference of State Legislatures ( NCSL ), governs legislative procedures in instances where the state constitution, state statutes, and the chamber's rules are silent.

Dawes made a fiery, half-hour address denouncing the rules of the Senate, the seniority system and many other things that Senators held dear.

The rules and procedures of the Roman Senate were both complex and ancient.

Senate rules permit a senator, or a series of senators, to speak for as long as they wish and on any topic they choose, unless " three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn " ( usually 60 out of 100 senators ) brings debate to a close by invoking cloture under Senate Rule XXII.

According to the Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Ballin ( 1892 ), changes to Senate rules could be achieved by a simple majority, but only on the 1st day of the session in January or March.

Nevertheless, under current Senate rules, a rule change itself could be filibustered, with two-thirds of those senators present and voting ( as opposed to the normal three-fifths of those sworn ) needing to vote to break the filibuster.

Senator John E. Sununu ( R ) of New Hampshire said, after Lott's election as Senate Minority Whip, " He understands the rules.

These conditions have periodically been the source of debate, and within these conditions, the composition and rules of the Senate have varied significantly since federation.

As a result, the Senate added to its rules the provision that " No senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.

As holding princeps senatus, the emperor declared the opening and closure of each Senate session, declared the Senate's agenda, imposed rules and regulation for the Senate to follow, and met with foreign ambassadors in the name of the Senate.

In 1897, seeking to overcome the quorum busting tactics, the Senate changed its rules to effectively end the practice.

Coleman's most recent Senate financial disclosure form discloses that Laurie Coleman gets a salary from Hays Companies, but Senate rules do not require the salary amount to be revealed.

Based on the films, we can see that the Senate followed pseudo-parliamentary rules.