Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by...

Common-law marriage, also known as non-ceremonial marriage, sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, de facto marriage, more uxorio or marriage by habit...

Civil law is a major "branch of the law", for example in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it...

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...

from Old French barat ("deceit, trickery")) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offense committed by people who are overly officious...

in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges...

Common law offences are crimes under English criminal law, the related criminal law of some Commonwealth countries, and under some U.S. state laws. They...

Federal common law is a term of United States law used to describe common law that is developed by the federal courts, instead of by the courts of the...

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized national-level entrance test for admissions to the 25 out of 27 National Law Universities (NLU) except...

Common law copyright is the legal doctrine that grants copyright protection based on common law of various jurisdictions, rather than through protection...

Common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact is a form of irregular marriage...

generally based on one of four basic systems: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these. However, the legal system...

The Common Law is a book that was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in 1881, 21 years before Holmes became an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court...

common law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Common law is a legal system named after judge-made law, which plays an important role in it. Common law...

law, contract law varies between jurisdictions. In general, contract law is exercised and governed either under common law jurisdictions, civil law jurisdictions...

Bachelor of Laws (Latin: Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves...

largely derives from Roman law, common law jurisdictions derive their tort law from customary English tort law. In civil law jurisdictions based on civil...

Slavery at common law in the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for...

things decided'). Common law legal systems often view precedent as binding or persuasive, while civil law systems do not. Common-law systems aim for similar...

the common law tradition), and the law of obligations (as it is called in the civil law tradition). One of the five capital lawyers in Roman law, Domitius...

not have one's personality represented publicly without permission. In common law jurisdictions, publicity rights fall into the realm of the tort of passing...

Common Law Cabin (original title How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?) is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina...

Scots law (Scottish Gaelic: Lagh na h-Alba) is the legal system of Scotland. It is a hybrid or mixed legal system containing civil law and common law elements...

and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute...

Anglo-Saxon England, whose legal tradition is the predecessor of contemporary common law jurisdictions,[citation needed] slander was punished by cutting out the...

Common-law relationship may refer to: Common-law marriage Common-law relationships in Manitoba De facto relationship This disambiguation page lists articles...

contrasted with the common law system, which originated in medieval England. Whereas the civil law takes the form of legal codes, the common law comes from uncodified...

States, the law is derived from five sources: constitutional law, statutory law, treaties, administrative regulations, and the common law (which includes...

Latin for "power of the county"), frequently shortened to posse, is in common law a group of people mobilized to suppress lawlessness, defend the people...

body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, with the general purpose of providing legal remedies for cases wherein the common law is inflexible...