common-law in the PONS Dictionary

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Divorce theoretically became formal, and difficult, though this may have only slightly discouraged informal separations and subsequent common-law unions.
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The same applies to separated or divorced spouses, or people living in a marriage like relationship, e.g. common-law marriages.
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Managerial employees, therefore, must balance the right to freedom of association with their common-law duty to act in good faith towards their employers.
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Frequently, "lis pendens" statutes only apply to real property, so the common-law doctrine probably still applies to personal property.
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She lived with her common-law husband and two children.
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Thus, the common-law rule was extended to provide liability for the negligent manufacture of a product that becomes dangerous because it was defectively produced.
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His parents lived in a common-law marriage and were not legally married.
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Their pronouncements on the validity of common-law criminal principles would create a fragmented and possibly incoherent legal order.
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It tends to straddle the gulf between obsolete common-law pleading and modern notice pleading.
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It differs from the common-law concept of obligation which only encompasses the duty aspect.
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