LITERATURE QUESTIONS
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What was the “Common Law”
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A system of laws to punish common people
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A law that was common to all the clergy
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A law that the King used in common
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A unified system of laws all over England
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -common law, also called Anglo-American law, the body of customary law, based upon judicial decisions and embodied in reports of decided cases, that has been administered by the common-law courts of England since the Middle Ages.
Detailed explanation-2: -England and Wales operate a common law system which combines the passing of legislation but also the creation of precedents through case law. The laws are established by the passing of legislation by Parliament which consists of the ‘Monarch’, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
Detailed explanation-3: -Henry II: Father of the Common Law.
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