English-German translations for common law

• common law
  Zwischen dem vom römischen Recht geprägten common law und den nordischen Rechtstraditionen gibt es in einer Reihe von entscheidenden Punkten sehr wesentliche Unterschiede. The Roman-dominated common law and the Nordic legal traditions are incredibly different on a range of crucial points.

Definition of common law

• Law developed by judges, courts, and agency adjudicatory tribunals, through their decisions and opinions (as opposed to statutes promulgated by legislatures, and regulations promulgated by the executive branch
• Body of law and procedure administered in certain courts in England and its former colonies characterized by a rigid system of writs, with a limited set of remedies (as opposed to equity or admiralty

Synonyms

• case law
• decisional law
• judge-made law
• precedential law

Related words

• common law husband
• common law wife
• common-law marriage