What is the meaning of common law?

noun

  • Civil law. ( a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
  • A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws.
    • usage: "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
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