common law, n.Definitions

Common law (n.) makes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠itself up as it goes along, like a living language, resting at last not on a book of rules but on a judge's intuitive feeling for equity and fair play.