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<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>
  // For JQuery
  $(document).on("myEvent", function() { return true; });
  // For AddEventListener
  myEvent = new CustomEvent("myEvent");
  document.addEventListener("myEvent", function() { return true; });
  // For Callback - please note in reality you'd be setting a custom callback on a custom object - not DOM elements
  document.myCallback = function(data) { return true; };
</script>

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$(document).trigger("myEvent", "test");

myEvent.detail = "test";
document.dispatchEvent(myEvent);

document.myCallback("test");

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