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Common law
Meaning
Noun
●
In Law:
Law developed by
judges
,
courts
, and
agency
adjudicatory
tribunals
, through their
decisions
and
opinions
(also called
case law
) (
as opposed to
statutes
promulgated
by
legislatures
, and
regulations
promulgated
by the
executive
branch).
●
In Law:
Legal system
mainly
in England and its
former
colonies
with a
heavy
emphasis
on
judge-made law
,
doctrines
deduced
by
casuistry
rather than
from general
principles
, and law
distributed
among
judicial
decisions
rather than
codified
statutes
(
as opposed to
civil
law).
●
In Law & Directives:
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).
●
In Law:
Law of general
application
throughout a country,
province
, or state
as opposed to
law having only
a special
or local
application
Sourced from
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Synonyms
Common-Law
Case Law
Decisional Law
Judge-Made Law
Precedential Law
Antonyms
Statute
Equity
Admiralty
Civil Law
Canon Law
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