A practical construction of a constitution or statute is one deter-mined. not by judicial decision, but practice sanctioned by general consent. Farmers’ & Mechanics* Bank v. Smith, 3 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 69; Bloxhain v. Consumers* Electric Light, etc., Co., 36 Fla. 519, 18 South. 444, 29 L. R. A. 507, 51 Am. St. Rep. 44
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
