Sentence examples for custom prevailed from inspiring English sources

Muslim law and jurists had little influence, whereas Turkish tribal law and custom prevailed.

That the same custom prevailed in 6th-century India, particularly in the southeast, suggests that some of the early Funan and Chenla sculptures may have served the same function.

If greedy custom prevails, this means, for instance, no money to install radio signal boosters in New York high-rises so that next time, firefighters in a burning skyscraper will know what's going on.

The clan and süök social structures that helped to guide marriage practices lost importance, although patrilineal customs prevailed.

In winter, clouds and cold and quiet local customs prevail.

But imagine suffering from a lack of generation gap, in a static world in which people are living exactly by the same traditions and customs that prevailed 10,000 generations ago.

Although this was not formally included in Islamic law, the sharia recognizes customs that prevailed at the time of Muhammad but were not abrogated by the Qur'an or the tradition (called "Divine silence").

The government is an elected parliamentary democracy: but outside the main cities, tribal law and custom often prevail over the wishes and edicts of central government.

Later, al-Sarak̲h̲sī (d. 483/1090) opposed it, holding that custom cannot prevail over a written text.

We believe that the custom could have prevailed rapidly among those early-agriculture populations in southern China during the Neolithic time, which have lasted thousands of years.

For now, Barsade says, the Midwest customs would prevail in that setting, but as others from outside organizations enter, the office's subculture is likely to change.