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common law
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   Also found in: Legal, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.
common law,
n a judge-made law, as contrasted with statutory law. This body of law originated in England and was in force at the time of the American Revolution; modified since that time on a case-by-case basis in the courts.

common
a shared structure, function, disease. See also under specific name of the item, e.g. atrioventricular canal.

common chemical sense
mediated by the trigeminal nerve from chemical sense organs in the conjunctival sac and in the nasal and buccal cavities.
common fee
the fee for professional services agreed to formally or informally by a local group of the veterinary profession, usually determined by an interpractice survey of fees actually charged.
common law
the law of common usage, the practice or code which is usually followed. Based on decisions of the courts in individual cases. It is not written down as statutory law is.
common pathway
see coagulation pathways.
common salt
see sodium chloride.
common source
a point from which a number of animals are infected or affected. The point from which a common source or point epidemic begins.
common stonecrop
common sucker


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It also sets a precedent nationwide that the Department of Energy must comply with federal law, common sense and basic standards of decency.
Would preempt any statutory law, common law, rule, or regulation of a state.
The convention is important, nevertheless, because it establishes "methods to reconcile the differing legal philosophies of the Civil Law, Common Law, and other systems with respect to the taking of evidence.
 
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