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    COMMON LAW

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisionsplay

    Synonyms:

    case law; common law; precedent

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("common law" is a kind of...):

    civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

    Domain category:

    civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

    Domain member category:

    service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory lawsplay

    Example:

    common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States

    Synonyms:

    case law; common law; precedent

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("common law" is a kind of...):

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

    Domain category:

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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