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...awn directly from [[English and Welsh law|English law]]; indeed, English [[common law]] survives not only in Canada, but even in the modern United States. Event

...On mechanisms of cultural evolution, and the evolution of language and the common law. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5 , p. 11.

...ich had their roots in Roman law, though they have adopted many aspects of common law.

...nlee.org/docs6/alfred/alfred.pdf F.N. Lee: ''King Alfred the Great and our Common Law'']</ref> its first navy and its first well-organised army. His military suc ...introduction of systematic enforcement. [[Edward the Confessor]]'s code of common law was extended by the use of what was to develop into the [[grand jury system

...ation and taxation. The French civil law was restored in place of English common law, although English criminal law was retained. In addition, the French langu

In September 1730, Franklin entered a common law marriage with [[Deborah Read]]. No legal ceremony was possible because Debo

In September 1730, Franklin entered a common law marriage with [[Deborah Read]]. No legal ceremony was possible because Debo

along with [[common law]] built from medieval sources. <ref>[http://assets.cambridge.org/052178/260

...the colony, the laws of Plymouth were based on a hybrid form of English [[Common Law]] and religious law as laid out in the [[Bible]]. <!-- <ref name=plymlegal/

...[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0000714.html Common law - Tiscali reference]. URL retrieved 6 June 2007.</ref>