VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Civ. No. 45.340
Custom and Usage of Trade
The customs and usages of the trade may be shown to establish a point on which the contract is
silent or unclear.
To show the existence of a custom or usage of the trade, a party must prove by the greater
weight of the evidence that the custom was well established, known to the contracting parties, and
generally followed in the trade at the time the contract was made. You may presume knowledge
by the contracting parties where the parties are engaged in the same trade or if the custom and
usage is uniform and notorious where the contract is to be performed.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Civil, Release 26, April 2026. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- civ-2026-04-01
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