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customary law

type of law derived from legal custom
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customary law

Summary

customary law ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (641 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • customary law is a type of law[2].
  • customary law comprises Q141249291[3].
  • customary law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Customary legal systems[4].
  • customary law's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • customary law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • customary law's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[7].
  • customary law's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • customary law's manifestation of is recorded as Q141249291[9].
  • customary law's P14541 is recorded as 2W3gbh[10].

Body

Definition and Type

customary law is a type of law[2].

Use and Application

customary law comprises Q141249291[3].

Why It Matters

customary law ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (641 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Q141249291
    Manifestation of → Q141249291
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1557]]: [[Q141249291]]"
  2. 18d ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → law
    Wikidata description → type of law derived from legal custom
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q7748]]"
  3. 8w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295769
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295769, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 10w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2W3gbh
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → law
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7 +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538481905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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