common law rule

common-law rule.

1. A judge-made rule as opposed to a statutory one. [Cases: Common Law

1. C.J.S. Common Law §§ 1–4, 21.]

2. A legal as opposed to an equitable rule.

3. A general rule as opposed to one deriving from special law (such as a local custom or a rule of foreign law that, based on choice-of-law principles, is applied in place of domestic law).

4. An old rule of English law.

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