Definition of ‘Common Law’
Law that is derived from judicial decisions instead of from statutes. Early American common law was taken from English common law.
Source:
http://blog.law.cornell.edu/blog/2008/04/02/common-law-definition-of-the-day/
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[...] by reason of the doctrine of stare decisis, as limited by the principle I have just described, the common law grew in a peculiar fashion – rather like a Scrabble board. No rule of decision previously [...]
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