common law

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Misconduct in Public Office is part of England's "common law" - which means judges came up with it hundreds of years ago, rather than Parliament.

From BBC

“History has placed us all, Northerner and Southerner, black and white, within a common border and under a common law,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the modern era, the British heritage of common law, freedom of speech and personal virtue didn’t constrain innovation but produced it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The English jurist’s “History of the Pleas of the Crown,” published posthumously in 1736, influenced the development of common law in England, the British colonies and, eventually, the United States.

From The Wall Street Journal

The party also said it would not rejoin the EU's single market, where countries adopt common laws in some areas to make it easier to trade goods and services.

From BBC