common law

The system of laws originated and developed in England and based on court decisions, on the doctrines implicit in those decisions, and on customs and usages rather than on codified written laws.

common law

1. (Law) the body of law based on judicial decisions and custom, as distinct from statute law

2. (Law) the law of a state that is of general application, as distinct from regional customs

3. (Law) common-law (modifier) denoting a marriage deemed to exist after a couple have cohabited for several years common-law marriage common-law wife

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Noun	1.	common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions case law, precedent service - (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him civil law - the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
	2.	common law - a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States" case law, precedent law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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common law n → diritto consuetudinario

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case law civil law common common-law common-law marriage commoner indult Law precedent regulatory offence regulatory offense sex crime sex offense sexual abuse sexual assault statutory offence statutory offense Written laws	In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. The Bill Of Rights by History Documents View in context Why, you'd have to go to Doctors' Commons with a suit, and you'd have to go to a court of Common Law with a suit, and you'd have to go to the House of Lords with a suit, and you'd have to get an Act of Parliament to enable you to marry again, and it would cost you Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context The precise extent of the common law, and the statute law, the maritime law, the ecclesiastical law, the law of corporations, and other local laws and customs, remains still to be clearly and finally established in Great Britain, where accuracy in such subjects has been more industriously pursued than in any other part of the world. Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context	common grape hyacinth common grape vine common ground common gum cistus common heath common hop common hops common horehound common horsetail common hyacinth common iguana common iliac artery common iliac vein Common in gross Common informer common infrastructure common item common ivy common jasmine common juniper common kingsnake common knowledge common laburnum common lady's-slipper common land common law Common lawyer common lettuce Common lewdness common lilac common limpet common logarithm Common logarithms common louse Common lunar year common lynx common mackerel common madia common maidenhair common mallow common man common marigold Common Market common matrimony vine common measure common meter common metre common milkwort common mood common moonseed common moonwort	Common Language Code Common Language Effect Size Common Language Equipment Identification Common Language Facility Identifier common language family Common Language Identifier Common Language Infrastructure Common Language Infrastructure Common Language Infrastructure Common Language Interface Common Language Location Identification Common Language Location Identifier Common Language Location Identifier Code Common Language Location Indicator Common Language Runtime Common Language Runtime Common Language Specification Common Language Switching Access common lap common larch common larch common larches common larches Common Large Area Display Set Common Larkspur Common Larkspur Common Laser Range Finder Common Lavender Common Lavender Common Lavender common law common law (2) common law (2) common law (2) common law (2) Common Law Admission Test Common Law and Illegitimacy Common Law and Illegitimacy Common Law and Illegitimacy Common Law and Illegitimacy Common law husband Common law husband Common law husband Common law marriage Common law marriage Common law marriage Common law marriage Common law marriage in MI/ME Common law of England Common Law Partner Common law pleading Common law pleading Common law system Common law system Common law system Common law system Common law system Common law tradition Common law tradition Common law tradition Common law tradition

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In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

The Bill Of Rights by History Documents View in context

Why, you'd have to go to Doctors' Commons with a suit, and you'd have to go to a court of Common Law with a suit, and you'd have to go to the House of Lords with a suit, and you'd have to get an Act of Parliament to enable you to marry again, and it would cost you

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

The precise extent of the common law, and the statute law, the maritime law, the ecclesiastical law, the law of corporations, and other local laws and customs, remains still to be clearly and finally established in Great Britain, where accuracy in such subjects has been more industriously pursued than in any other part of the world.

Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context

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