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Recent Examples of common law
The state's highest court determined that the Clean Air Act displaced federal common law governing suits seeking damages for interstate pollution.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit alleges the defendants’ service violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and constitutes wire fraud, access device fraud, common law trespass, and tortious interference.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
The joint filing trap In the early 20th century, most states followed English common law, where a married man’s income was considered solely his.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Indeed, citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. is enshrined not just in the Constitution, its supporters argue, but in the foundation for all American law: English common law.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
The lawsuit alleges the defendants’ service violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Lanham Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and constitutes wire fraud, access device fraud, common law trespass, and tortious interference.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
The joint filing trap In the early 20th century, most states followed English common law, where a married man’s income was considered solely his.
—Rachel Cohen, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Indeed, citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. is enshrined not just in the Constitution, its supporters argue, but in the foundation for all American law: English common law.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for common law
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At the start of proceedings, prosecutors presented their case by arguing Yoon lacked the legal grounds to declare martial law and accused him of trying to paralyse state institutions such as parliament.—
Joyce Lee,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Second, governments with more democratic characteristics are less likely to use extreme violence such as declaring martial law, routinely committing human rights abuses, or killing large numbers of people.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Apr. 2025
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Other statutes written in that era, such as the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA), contained similar language.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 Apr. 2025
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When the fate of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s landmark health-care law, was before the Supreme Court, in 2012, Clement argued on behalf of twenty-six states that the statute was unconstitutional.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Common law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20law. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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