habit and repute

Noun

Scotland uncountable

(Scotland, law) The condition of being notorious enough to afford strong and generally conclusive evidence of something.

Japanese Meaning

（スコットランド法の用語）十分に悪名高い、または評判が広く知られており、その評判自体が強力かつ一般に決定的な証拠とされる状態。

Under Scots law, the witness's habit and repute established, beyond reasonable doubt, the defendant's membership in the secret society.

スコットランド法では、証人の悪名と一般的な評判が、被告の秘密結社への加入を疑いの余地なく立証した。

Sense（1）

(Scotland, law) The condition of being notorious enough to afford strong and generally conclusive evidence of something.

marriage by habit and repute