Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:
However, it was the name given to the subject by A. V. Dicey, when he published his treatise, the first coherent account by an English lawyer of its rules and principles, in 18963 and it has been hallowed by use ever since.

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it has been hallowed by use ever since - и с тех пор широко используется/ является хрестоматийным произведением, типа того.