Find more facts and information on our topic page about
common law
common law
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
|
2009
|
© The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
com·mon law
•
n.
the part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes. Often contrasted with statutory law.
∎
the body of English law as adopted and modified separately by the different states of the U.S. and by the federal government.Compare with civil law.
∎
[as adj.]
denoting a partner in a marriage by common law (which recognized unions created by mutual agreement and public behavior), not by a civil or ecclesiastical ceremony:
a common-law husband.
∎
[as adj.]
denoting a partner in a long-term relationship of cohabitation.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Commons sense: community ownership and the displacement of corporate control. (Corporate Reform After Enron).
Magazine article from: Multinational Monitor; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...the renaissance of the commons, a quiet insurgency...doctrine in environmental law and the public domain...biggest and most robust commons in history, has a lot...trustee on behalf of the commons -- to protect widely...markets. In environmental law; public trust doctrine...
|
|
Common law and federalism in the age of the regulatory state.
Magazine article from: Iowa Law Review; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...has weakened and displaced state common law even in the absence of preemption...argues for increased emphasis on state common law in environmental-protection efforts...THEORETICAL BEGINNINGS A. FROM COMMON LAW TO STATUTORY LAW B. INTEGRATING...
|
|
The flourishing commons: disembodied conversation. (opinions oof Ivan Illich, Paul Goodman, and Gary Snyder)(includes related article on Tong Ren)
Magazine article from: Whole Earth; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...I would call this project the recovery of commons. Commons, in custom and law, refers to a kind of space which is fundamentally...distinction, as Elinor Ostrom in Governing the Commons does, between Common Pool Resources, CPR, and The Commons as...
|
|
Commons Act receives Royal Assent.
M2 Presswire; 7/20/2006; 700+ words
; ...July 2006-UK Government: Commons Act receives Royal Assent...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20072006 The Commons Act, which updates laws governing common land that date back more than...Minister Barry Gardiner said the Commons Act 2006 would protect common...
|
|
Administrative common law in judicial review
Magazine article from: Texas Law Review; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...here is no federal general common law,"'a the concept of federal...federal courts possess no common-law criminal jurisdiction,'2...that "there can be no common law of the United States" because...union and has the authority of law, that is not embodied in the constitution or ...
|
|
Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment: Creating Wealth in Hummingbird Economies
Magazine article from: The Freeman; 8/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment: Creating...of in his most recent book, Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment. Yandle...book with a description of a common-access resource-a hummingbird...to successfully manage these commons. Yandle classifies the ...
|
|
Common: 'Conscious' Sound, Uncommon Success
Transcript from: NPR Weekend All Things Considered; 8/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Soundbite of song "The People") COMMON: (Rapping) We do it for the...trying get them custom rims. Law we ain't trustin them, thick...them. The People. BOOKER: Common is a part of tradition of so...he says it put him in a box. COMMON: But then, you know, I looked...
|
|
Common law marriage: who is insured as a spouse? (Coverage Analysis).
Magazine article from: Claims; 3/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...In New Hampshire, a common law marriage is recognized...states no longer allow common law marriages to be created...created pursuant to the laws of the jurisdictions in...does not recognize common law marriages entered into...
|
|
Commons legal set-up is forcing the parking issue
Newspaper article from: Lincolnshire Echo; 9/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...a way in which the views of commons users and relevant experts...committee of councillors. 2. The law covering car parking on South Common is an Act of Parliament, not...persons resorting to the Commons and for other recreational...recreation that takes place on the common, it is contested ...
|
|
The liberal commons.
Magazine article from: Yale Law Journal; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...fashioned American property law might have led to the...inevitable "tragedy of the commons" in which too many owners waste a common resource.(4) Black...Overcoming the tragic fate of commons property should not be...political tragedy of the commons: The metaphor itself...access (anarchy or ...
|
|
Common Law
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...higher court. Appellate courts in a common-law system may review only findings of law, not determinations of fact. Under common law, all citizens, including the highest...are subject to the same set of laws, and the exercise of government...
|
|
|
Common-Law Marriage
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE A union of two...In the United States, the law of marriage is reserved to the states and thus governed by state law. All states place restrictions...courts as valid under the common law. In the 1800s, state legislatures began to enact laws expressly to ...
|
|
English Common Law
Book article from: American Eras
...borrowing extensively from English law. As the colonial legal systems...Anglicized after 1700, the common law was used more widely. Unfortunately...judges did not understand common law, and relatively few American...produced his Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) did...
|
|
John Rogers Commons
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...his study of labor unions, Commons concluded that they had resulted...rather than class orientation. Commons's ideas found expression in...The former portrayed the law as a necessary link to hold...it. Historical development, Commons believed, came from the bottom...
|
|
Common Land
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...Further pressures on the commons arose when the landed gentry...Parliament to override the common law and authorize it to “...x201D; or privatize, the commons. This expropriation of common land cleared the way for a...
|
