#common law

It cannot be assumed that equity was following common law whenever they agreed, any more than the converse. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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Our lady the Common Law is a very wise old lady though she still has something to learn in telling what she knows. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

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And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason. ↗

— Edward Coke

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Christianity is part of the common law. ↗

— James Wilson

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Christianity is part of the Common Law of England. ↗

— Matthew Hale

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