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common-law cheat.See CHEATING. [Blacks Law 8th]

common-law bond.See BOND(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

common-law assignment.See ASSIGNMENT(2).

common law,n.[fr. Law French commen ley “common law”] 1. The body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions; CASELAW <federal common law>. Cf. STATUTORY LAW. [Cases: Common Law  1. C.J.S. Common Law §§ 1–4, 21.] “Historically, [the common law] is made quite differently from the Continental code. The code precedes…

common-knowledge exception.The principle that lay testimony concerning routine or simple medical procedures is admissible to establish negligence in a medical-malpractice action. • This is a narrow exception in some jurisdictions to the rule that a medical-malpractice plaintiff must present expert testimony to establish negligence. [Cases: Health  821(4).] [Blacks Law 8th]

  common-law action.See ACTION(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

common knowledge.A fact that is so widely known that a court may accept it as true without proof. See JUDI-CIAL NOTICE. [Cases: Evidence  5. C.J.S. Evidence § 45.] [Blacks Law 8th]

common jury.See petit jury under JURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

common in the soil.See COMMON. [Blacks Law 8th]

common-interest doctrine.See joint-defense privilege under PRIVILEGE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]