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common law

English

  1. 🔊 a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
    “common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States”
  2. 🔊 (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

Spanish

  1. 🔊 derecho comĂșn common law
  2. 🔊 derecho consuetudinario common law

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