Brewer's: Jus et Norma Loquendi

The right method of speaking and pronouncing established by the custom of each particular nation. The whole phrase is “Consuetudo, jus et norma loquendi.” (Horace.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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