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[edit] Definitions of Common law on the Web:

• Law based on usage, custom and court decisions.

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• Law which derives its authority solely from usage and customs of immemorial antiquity or from the judgments and decrees of courts. also called "case law."

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• An unwritten body of law based on general custom in England and used to an extent in the United States.

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• That body of law which is based on usage, general acceptance, and custom, as manifested in decrees and judgments of the courts; judge-made law, as opposed to codified or statutory law.

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• A body of laws based on custom, usage and rulings by courts in various jurisdictions.

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• Law based on court decisions, as distinct from statute law.

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• The traditional legal code of England that developed in the Middle Ages from custom and precedent, and has been expanded by subsequent legal decisions. Unlike statutory and constitutional law, it is not necessarily gathered in written form in a single place. ...

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• The unwritten law derived from the traditional law of England as developed by judicial precedence. See also Case law

www.lib.flinders.edu.au/resources/sub/law/legdef.html

• The law that automatically applies if the parties have not reached an agreement on a specific legal issue in the Offer to Purchase. The South African common law is the Roman Dutch Law.

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• The law as stated in the decisions of the judges from the earliest times to the present;

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• (Also known as case law.) Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts.

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• Body of law developed over a long period of time which derives its authority solely from usage and custom.

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• The unwritten body of English law founded upon customs and precedents.

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• The body of law originating in England and developed through court decisions in the United States, as opposed to more formal laws dictated by statute.

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• American, Canadian and British law derives its force and authority from the universal consent and practice of the people over the years. Certain aspects of the law are written into statutes. ...

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• The body of law based on general custom in England and used to a certain extent in the United States. Common law sometimes prevails unless superseded by other law.

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• Law that is derived from judicial or court decisions, as opposed to statutes.

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• A body of law developed in the doctrine of the judicial branch of government. The common law system is rooted in the medieval English court system and is still very much a part of modern American jurisprudence.

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• is law based on past decisions reached by judges in the courts. It is precedent and not formally written in legislation.

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• The body of law evolved by judges from precedent and custom - as opposed to statute law (law enshrined in Acts of Parliament).

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/glossary.htm

• case law: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

• 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"

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• In common law legal systems, the law is created and/or refined by judges: a decision in the case currently pending depends on decisions in previous cases and affects the law to be applied in future cases. ...

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• Common Law was a 1996 ABC television network Sitcom.

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• A law or system of laws based on judicial precedent rather than written laws

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