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common law noun

  • (legal, historical) Body of law and procedure administered in certain courts (known as law courts) in England and its former colonies characterized by a rigid system of writs, with a limited set of remedies (as opposed to equity or admiralty).
 common law
  • (legal, Scots law, Roman-Dutch law) Law of general application throughout a country, province, or state as opposed to law having only a special or local application
 droit commun
common-law marriage
mariage de droit commun

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common law noun {f}

  /kɔ.mɔn lo/
common law
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