Common law

Synonyms for "common law" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

Noun(2 words)
case lawbritish law
admiralty lawancient wisdomarchetypal mytharchetypal patternblue lawcanon lawcase lawchancery lawcivil lawcommercial lawconstitutional lawcorporation lawcorpus juris canonici

Strong matches (22)

criminal lawcrown lawcustomdecree lawdroit des gensdry lawecclesiastical lawequityfolk motiffolklorefolktalegag lawimmemorial usageinternational lawjus civilejus communejus inter gentes
Noun(5 words)
decisional lawenglish lawjudge made lawjudge-made lawjus commune

Related words (36)

jus publicumlaw merchantlegendlex domiciliilex forilex locilex mercatorumlex non scriptalex scriptalex situslocal lawloremartial lawmishnahmythmythologypenal lawpositive lawpublic lawracial memory
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roman lawsea lawspiritus mundistatute lawsubstantive lawsunnatalmudtraditiontraditionalismtraditionalityunwritten lawwritten law
Noun(4 words)
nonstatutory statusprecedentprecedent based lawprecedential law

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More general

5 entries
civil lawjurisprudencelawlegal statuslegal system

More specific

10 entries
Australian common lawCanadian common lawEnglish lawcommon-law doctrinecommon-law marriagecommon-law propertycontract lawequityproperty lawtort law

Collocations

10 entries
case lawcommon-law doctrinecommon-law marriagecommon-law principlecommon-law propertycommon-law statuscommon-law systemcontract lawproperty lawtort law

Inflections

3 entries
common lawsmore common-lawmost common-law

Derivations

4 entries
common-lawcommon-law relationshipcommon-law statuscommon-law system