Define Common Law

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Define Common Law

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The Answer is Any one of the following four answers is sufficient to answer this question:
• Law created by courts in the absence of controlling statutory law or other higher law.
• Court opinions, all of case law.
• The legal system of England and of those countries such as the United States whose legal system is based on England's.
• The case law and statutory law in England and in the American colonies before the American Revolution.

Define Common Law

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