COMMON-LAW RULE

common-law rule. 1. A judge-made rule as opposed to a statutory one. [Cases: Common Law  1. C.J.S. Common Law §§ 1–4, 21.] 2. A legal as opposed to an equitable rule. 3. A general rule as opposed to one deriving from special law (such as a local custom or a rule of foreign law that, based on choice-of-law principles, is applied in place of domestic law).4. An old rule of English law. [Blacks Law 8th]