Vi fant 6 definisjoner av common law på engelsk.
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| 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 | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions | ||
| case law, precedent | ||
| civil law the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation | ||
| civil law the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation | ||
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| common law - Law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals also called case law, as distinguished from statute legislative statutes or regulations promulgated by the executive branch. | ||
| common law - Typically in the phrase "common law system" -- a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law in sense 1, as opposed to a civil law, Islamic law, and Soviet law systems. | ||
| common law - Typically in the phrase "common law jurisdiction" -- a jurisdiction that uses a common law system in sense 2, United Kingdom and most of its former colonies and possessions, including the United States. | ||
| common law - Archaic one of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 the other being "equity". |