Practice

The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.

By practice is also meant the business which an attorney or counsellor does; as, A B has a good practice.

A settled, uniform, and continued practice, without objection is evidence of what the law is, and such practice is based on principles which are founded in justice and convenience.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.