Sentence examples for of local custom from inspiring English sources
The birds are followers of local custom.
It was not part of local custom and the Taliban never came to enforce it.
Regardless of local custom, a family may decide to have a girl's genitals mutilated to control her honor and sexuality.
Prohibitions of rape and murder, for example, are felt not to be matters of local custom but to be universally and objectively warranted.
He cited previous opinions by Supreme Court justices allowing leeway in interpretation of "local custom" that would permit prayer that did not conform to Orthodox tradition.
In the French cantons the influence of the Napoleonic Code was apparent, but the predominance of local custom in areas such as guardianship and matrimonial regimes made for little continuity from canton to canton.
They depicted "very happy subjects -- paintings of local customs, of people Goya knew," and at some point they were destroyed.
The best consultants will have met local operators, tried various services and hotels and gathered a sense of local customs.
Ms. Hayner believes that East Timor's new commission is one that will make creative use of local customs.
The missionaries, though ignorant of local customs, are not all bad: one in particular treats the villagers with respect.
It shows how a misunderstanding can develop due to lack of information and awareness of local customs.
