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n: see common law.

n: a system of law based on court decisions, or judicial precedent, rather than on legislated statutes or executive decrees. Common law began in England and was later used in English colonies. It is still applied in most of the United States;however, Louisiana operates under the Napoleonic Code. Also called case law.

n: those maxims and general principles that developed in England to moderate the common law and allow remedy for injury. In the broadest sense, justice.