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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