common law
noun
the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law.
common laws
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pluralof common law.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The party also said it would not rejoin the EU's single market, where countries adopt common laws in some areas to make it easier to trade goods and services.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Any damaging falsehoods are subject to libel and slander laws, common laws that were a thousand years in the making.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
That the corporations would be vulnerable to that kind of pressure also demonstrates the danger of increasingly common laws around the globe requiring technology firms to maintain a physical presence in countries where they operate.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2021
Put another way, in many ways the EU’s Schengen zone operates as a single governing body—there are common laws, a single currency, and freedom of mobility across states.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2019
It is a question very much debated whether a sovereign is bound to observe the common laws of war towards rebellious subjects who have openly taken up arms against him.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. Warburton
