A custom of the country must be reasonable, otherwise it is void1. The reasonableness or unreasonableness of the custom is a question of law for the court, and is not a question of fact2.
The following customs have been held to be reasonable:
(1) that the tenant should have the away-going crop after the expiration of the term of the tenancy3, and crop one-third of the arable for that purpose4;
(2) that on a taking from old Lady Day (5 April) the tenant should enter upon the arable at Candlemas (2 February) to prepare for the Lent corn5;
(3) that
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