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ˈcom·mon-law: adjective and adverb
com·mon ˈlaw: noun

ˈcom·mon-law ADJ inv LAW

common-law marriage

eheähnliche Gemeinschaft

common-law marriage

CH a. Konkubinat nt

common-law marriage

common-law husband/wife

Lebensgefährte m /Lebensgefährtin f

com·mon ˈlaw N no pl LAW

1. common law (law according to court decisions):

nicht kodifiziertes Recht

2. common law Brit (system of laws):

[ungeschriebenes englisches] Gewohnheitsrecht

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common-law husband/wife

Lebensgefährte m /Lebensgefährtin f

common-law marriage

eheähnliche Gemeinschaft

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It pointed out that, in terms of common-law principles, an employee owes an employer a duty of fidelity a duty to act in good faith. en.wikipedia.org

The lack of a definition, she wrote, shows the legislature meant "marriage" in the term's common-law and quotidian meaning. en.wikipedia.org

Their pronouncements on the validity of common-law criminal principles would create a fragmented and possibly incoherent legal order. en.wikipedia.org

Managerial employees, therefore, must balance the right to freedom of association with their common-law duty to act in good faith towards their employers. en.wikipedia.org

His parents lived in a common-law marriage and were not legally married. en.wikipedia.org

There is no doubt, the court held, that the common-law principles of "ultra vires" remain under the new constitutional order. en.wikipedia.org

Divorce theoretically became formal, and difficult, though this may have only slightly discouraged informal separations and subsequent common-law unions. en.wikipedia.org

The same is true for people in common-law relationships, in some provinces. en.wikipedia.org

The court is more inclined on common-law principles to evince its displeasure with the police by giving a light sentence. en.wikipedia.org

The same applies to separated or divorced spouses, or people living in a marriage like relationship, e.g. common-law marriages. en.wikipedia.org

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