6 days ago · Common law, the body of customary law, based on judicial decisions and embodied in reports of decided cases, that has been administered by the courts of England since the Middle …

common law, Body of law based on custom and general principles and that, embodied in case law, serves as precedent or is applied to situations not covered by statute.

COMMON LAW meaning: the laws that developed from English court decisions and customs and that form the basis of laws in the U.S.

Common-law marriage, marriage undertaken without either a civil or religious ceremony. In a common-law marriage, the parties simply agree to consider themselves married.

Dec 9, 2025 · In English common law, arson referred to the burning of another person’s dwellings under circumstances that endangered human life. Modern statutes have expanded this definition so that …

Dec 14, 2025 · Historically, the property subject to larceny in common law consisted of tangible personal goods. Modern legislation has expanded the scope of the offense by making larcenable such objects …

Conspiracy, in common law, an agreement between two or more persons to commit an unlawful act or to accomplish a lawful end by unlawful means. Conspiracy is perhaps the most amorphous area in …

6 days ago · The expression “common law,” devised to distinguish the general law from local or group customs and privileges, came to suggest to citizens a universal law, founded on reason and superior …

Nov 21, 2025 · Common law - Public Law, Jurisdiction, Precedent: In the early part of the 20th century, it could be asserted that there was no public law in England in the sense of a set of rules regulating the …

Dec 31, 2025 · Common-law codes define murder as a homicide committed intentionally or as a result of the commission of another serious offense. By contrast, the crime of manslaughter includes killings …