In law, 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...

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

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...

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 in common law legal systems such as England and Wales and the United States, where it stands in contrast to criminal...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

apply directive principles and common law for all Indian citizens while formulating national policies. Personal laws were first framed during the British...

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...

Civil law – a branch of the law. In common law countries such as England, Wales, and the United States, the term refers to non-criminal law. The law relating...

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...

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

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...

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

Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than...

called in the common law), and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems). It is to be distinguished from public law, which deals...

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

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...

An unregistered trademark or common law trademark is an enforceable mark created by a business or individual to signify or distinguish a product or service...

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...