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...
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Common-law marriage, also known as non-ceremonial marriage, sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, de facto marriage, or marriage by habit and repute,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges...
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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...
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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...
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Common law copyright is the legal doctrine that grants copyright protection based on common law of various jurisdictions, rather than through protection...
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