Common-law system

Synonyms for "common-law system" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
case law systemcase-lawcase-law heritage

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
case-law oriented frameworkcase-law oriented systemcustomaryenglish-derived

Related words (7)

Noun(7 words)
historicjudge-madejudge-made lawjurisprudential systemprecedent driven frameworktraditionalunwritten

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries
judicial frameworkjurisdictional frameworklegallegal systemlegal traditionpractice

More specific

14 entries
Canadian common-law systemEnglish common lawUS common lawUS common-law systemcase-law principlecolonial legacycourt hierarchycustom-based arrangementenglish medieval originprecedent based reasoningprecedent-based jurisdictionprecedent-based rulestare decisis doctrineunwritten agreement

Collocations

9 entries
adversarial systemcase lawcommon-law frameworkcommon-law jurisdictionjudge-made doctrinejury triallegal precedentprecedent-based rulestare decisis

Inflections

3 entries
common-law systemsmore common-lawmost common-law

Derivations

1 entries
common law