Common law
Common law noun - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions.
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Statute
Statute noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
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Common law is an antonym for statute.
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- Up until recently, murder wasn't even a statutory crime in the UK; this comes under the category of a "common law offence", where the legality of an action is set by court precedent and not statute.
Source: Useful Notes / The Common Law - The common law concepts around statutory interpretation, which have developed to guide judges when deciding a case that turns upon nitpicky details in a statute, rank some methods of interpretation above others.
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