"Usage" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Usage is a reasonable and law-ful public custom concerning transactions of the same nature as those which are to be effected thereby, existing nt the place where the obligation is to be performed, and either known to the parties, or so well established, general, and uniform that they must be pre-sumed to have acted with reference thereto. Clv. Code Dak. 8 2119. And see Milroy v. Railway Co., 98 Iowa, 188, 67 N. W. 276; Barnard v. Kellogg, 10 wall. 388, 19 L. Ed. 987; wilcocks v. Philllps, 29 Fed. Cas. 1203; McCarthy v. McArthur. 69 Ark. 313, 63 S. W. 50; Lincoln & K. Bank v. Page, 9 Mass. 156, 6 Am. Dec. 52: Lane v. Bank, 8 Ind. App. 299, 29 N. E. 613; Morningstar v. Cunningham. 110 Ind. 328, 11 N. E. 593, 59 Am. Rep. 211
The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment;
conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage;
hard usage.
Long-continued practice; customary mode of procedure;
custom; habitual use; method.
Manners; conduct; behavior.
Customary use or employment, as of a word or phrase in a
particular sense or signification.
Experience.
Writers have come to master nearly every trade. They are inventors and entrepreneurs of character, plot, and dialogue. They are the eager scientists that can’t wait to try out their new experiment. They are the maestros of the symphony that plays in their head, conducting what happens, where, and at what precise moment. They are engineers and architects that design the structure of their piece so it stands the test of time and continues to fire on all cylinders. They play mechanics and doctors in their revisions, hoping they prescribe the correct diagnosis to fix the piece’s 'boo boos'. They are salesmen who pitch not an idea or a product, but themselves, to editors, publishers, and more importantly, their readers. They are teachers who through their craft, preach to pupils about what works and what doesn’t work and why. Writers can make you feel, can make you think, can make you wonder, but they can also grab your hand and guide you through their maze. Similar to what Emerson stated in 'The Poet,' writers possess a unique view on life, and with their revolving eye, they attempt to encompass all. I am a writer.
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