mid-14c., "the customary and unwritten laws of England as embodied in commentaries and old cases" (see common (adj.)), as opposed to statute law. Phrase common-law marriage is attested from 1909.
common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States
commodious
commoditization
commodity
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common law
common sense
commonality
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