The Kearny Code is a legal code named after General Stephen W. Kearny. It was promulgated in Santa Fe, in present-day New Mexico, on September 22, 1846, for use in the New Mexico Territory, which the United States Army had occupied on August 18 during the Mexican American War. Four days after the promulgation, on September 26, Kearny departed with the guide Kit Carson to take part in the war's Alta California theater.
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The Kearny Code was promulgated in present-day Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 22, 1846 for use in the new New Mexico Territory, as occupied by the United States Army on August 18 during the U.S.-Mexican War.
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The Kearny Code is a legal code named after General Stephen W. Kearny.
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common law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law
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