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...adian Encyclopedia'' (2008)]</ref> Their demands for a separate colony and English law led to the division of 1791, with ''Upper Canada" (later Ontario) separated

...law of the colonies were often drawn directly from [[English and Welsh law|English law]]; indeed, English [[common law]] survives not only in Canada, but even in ...ted women more control over property, which was not permitted in the local English law. Unlike English colonial wives, German and Dutch wives owned their own clot

...oghue a [[duty of care]] to provide safe drinks (2) he [[Breach of duty in English law|breached]] his duty of care (3) the harm would not have occurred [[causatio

...variations in this, and some states have a "third-degree" category too. In English law there is no formal subdivision of murder in this way (though such distincti

...land.aspx] (Poyning's Law) - under which Ireland adopts the entire body of English law.

...States of America]], [[Canada]], [[India]] and [[South Africa]], adopted [[English Law]] and variations of the parliamentary system that has operated for 1000 ye ...separate legal identity from its partners, with a separate legal system ([[English law]]) from those in [[Northern Ireland]] (Northern Irish law) and Scotland ("S

...nominally part of the kingdom of England, Wales did not become subject to English law and it was able largely to preserve a separate culture and language for sev

Yes, checked OED. Originally a term in English law, referring to land. Analogization mainly American. [[User:Peter Jackson|Pet #I don't think English law officially recognizes a distinction between voluntary and involuntary mansl