The two systems are, after all, both based on English common law.

What's more, the judge said the decision was based on English common law.

He was the one who first established all our rights under the common law.

At common law a woman could own both real and personal property.

It covered most areas of the law common to all states.

"It will thus become a part of the common law."

Under common law a trial had to take place in the county where the crime happened.

That is a true marriage as all English common law knows.

It is considered a book of authority in English common law.

He was a specialist in common law and commercial cases.