Definition of common-law
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: of, relating to, or based on the common law
2
: relating to or based on a common-law marriage
common law
nounDefinition of common law (Entry 2 of 2)
: the body of law developed in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of the English legal system and of the system in all of the U.S. except Louisiana
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