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A disposition or condition of the body or mind acquired by custom or a frequent repetition of the same act. A customary method of doing a thing. Conduct arising from frequent repetition. When a person has acted in the same manner for such a length of time that one can predicate with reasonable assurance that he will continue so to act in the same manner under the same circumstance. The habit of dealing has always an important bearing upon the construction of commercial contracts. A ratification will be inferred from the mere habit of dealing between the parties; as, if a broker has been ...