Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

the declaration of martial law, but where martial law has been declared, the legal justification for it is often the common law doctrine of necessity, or...

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...

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...

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

France's Napoleonic Code (1804). Unlike common law systems, which rely heavily on judicial precedent, civil law systems are characterized by their reliance...

scholars have drafted common principles, including Principles of European Contract Law and Principles of European Tort Law that are common to member states...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

property in a will. In most contemporary common-law jurisdictions, the law of intestacy is patterned after the common law of descent. Property goes first or...