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English Law

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English law is the common-law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law. Time immemorial was legally fixed as any time before 6 July 1189, and since that date English law has been a common-law, not a civil-law, system. Magna Carta is cited as an important source documenting the right to trial by jury and the evolution of English law, and the Judicature Acts of the 1880s amalgamated the courts into one Supreme Court of Judicature directed to administer both law and equity.

Facts
Origin Year
1189 1
1189 is the legally fixed start of living memory in English law and the date sources give for English law becoming a common-law rather than civil-law system.
Example Jurisdictions
England and Wales 1
Primary Source of Law
Statutory legislation, Acts of Parliament, as the paramount source, with judicial precedent as the residual source where statute is silent 1
Classification
Legal Family
Common Law 1
English Law
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FAQs

Is English law a common law or civil law system?

A common law system, and has been since 1189.

English law is a common law system, not a civil law one. As its source puts it, since 1189 English law has been a common law, not a civil law system.

What is the most authoritative source of English law?

Acts of Parliament, with precedent filling gaps where statute is silent.

The most authoritative law is statutory legislation, which comprises Acts of Parliament, regulations and by-laws. Judicial precedent is the residual source where statute is silent.
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Associated With

Law of the United States, Legal Systems

U.S. law descends directly from English common law, though it has diverged substantially since.

Source Law of the United States (Wikipedia)
Magna Carta, Codes

Magna Carta is cited as an important source of English law.

Source English Law (Wikipedia)
Petition of Right (1628), Codes

The Petition of Right is a foundational document of English constitutional law.

Source English Law (Wikipedia)

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Common Law, Legal Systems

Legal-system family: Common Law Family, following the CIA World Factbook and JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification.

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Habeas Corpus Act 1679, Statutes and Acts
Hadley v Baxendale, Landmark Cases
Hedley Byrne v Heller, Landmark Cases
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Jurists
Source Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (Wikipedia)
Henry de Bracton, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Henry de Bracton
Henry of Bath, Jurists
Source Henry of Bath (Wikipedia)
Henry Sumner Maine, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Henry Sumner Maine
Hervey de Stanton, Jurists
Source Hervey de Stanton (Wikipedia)
High Court of Justice, Courts
Source High Court of Justice (Wikipedia)
HM Courts and Tribunals Service, Courts
Source HM Courts and Tribunals Service (Wikipedia)
HM Courts Service, Courts
Source HM Courts Service (Wikipedia)
Human Rights Act 1998, Statutes and Acts
Ian Brownlie, Jurists
Source Ian Brownlie (Wikipedia)
Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Jurists
Source Igor Judge, Baron Judge (Wikipedia)
Importation Act 1846, Statutes and Acts
Inherent jurisdiction, Doctrines
Source Inherent jurisdiction (Wikipedia)
Injunction, Doctrines
Source Injunction (Wikipedia)
Inner London Crown Court, Courts
Source Inner London Crown Court (Wikipedia)
Instrument of Government, Codes
Ivy Williams, Jurists
Source Ivy Williams (Wikipedia)
James Atkin, Baron Atkin, Jurists
Source Wikidata: James Atkin, Baron Atkin
Additional Source James Atkin, Baron Atkin (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: 20th-century English judges
James Fitzjames Stephen, Jurists
Source James Fitzjames Stephen (Wikipedia)
James Leslie Brierly, Jurists
Source James Leslie Brierly (Wikipedia)
Jeremy Bentham, Jurists
Source Jeremy Bentham (Wikipedia)
John Austin (Legal Philosopher), Jurists
Source John Austin (Legal Philosopher) (Wikipedia)
John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, Jurists
Source John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (Wikipedia)
John Fineux, Jurists
Source John Fineux (Wikipedia)
John FitzJames, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John FitzJames
Additional Source John FitzJames (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: 16th-century English judges
John Fortescue, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Fortescue
John Hody, Jurists
Source John Hody (Wikipedia)
John James Park, Jurists
Source John James Park (Wikipedia)
John Juyn, Jurists
Source John Juyn (Wikipedia)
John Knyvet, Jurists
Source John Knyvet (Wikipedia)
John Markham, Jurists
Source John Markham (judge) (Wikipedia)
John Selden, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Selden
John Westlake, Jurists
Source Wikidata: John Westlake
Joseph Chitty, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Joseph Chitty
Judah P. Benjamin, Jurists
Source Judah P. Benjamin (Wikipedia)
King's Bench Division, Courts
Source King's Bench Division (Wikipedia)
Latitat, Doctrines
Source Latitat (Wikipedia)
Law of the land, Doctrines
Source Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (Wex): law of the land
Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann
Additional Source Lennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: English barristers
Lord Sales, Jurists
Source Philip Sales, Lord Sales (Wikipedia)
Malcolm Shaw, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Malcolm Shaw
Mark Ellis, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Mark Ellis
Additional Source Mark Ellis (lawyer) (Wikipedia)Wikipedia category: 21st-century English lawyers
Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, Jurists
Source Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, Wikipedia
National Health Service Act 1946, Statutes and Acts
Nervous shock, Doctrines
Source Nervous shock (Wikipedia)
Official Secrets Act 1911, Statutes and Acts
Ordinance of Labourers 1349, Statutes and Acts

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  • Early Development section
    since 1189, English law has been a common law, not a civil law system.
  • Principal Elements section
    the most authoritative law is statutory legislation, which comprises Acts of Parliament, regulations and by-laws.
  • English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales
  • Associated With: Magna Carta, Sources section
  • Associated With: Petition of Right (1628)
Law of the United States (Wikipedia)
WikipediaAssociated With: Law of the United States, article body
Quote, Associated With: Law of the United States, article body
the law of the United States is largely derived from the common law system of English law, which was in force in British America at the time of the American Revolutionary War.
Entick v Carrington (Wikipedia)
Includes: Entick v Carrington
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Major Legal Systems in the World Today
Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985
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John Austin (Legal Philosopher) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: John Austin (Legal Philosopher), John Austin was an English legal theorist who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism. He opposed tradiView the Source
Wikidata: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
Includes: Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden was an English lawyer, judge and Whig politician who was first to hold the title of Earl Camden. As a lawyer and judge he was a leading proponent of civil libeView the Source
Wikidata: Frederic William Maitland
Includes: Frederic William Maitland, Frederic William Maitland lived from 1850 to 1906 and was an English historian of medieval England and jurist regarded as the modern father of English legal history. He was Reader in EnglishView the Source
Wikidata: Henry de Bracton
Includes: Henry de Bracton, Henry of Bracton, also known as Henry de Bracton, Henricus Bracton, Henry Bratton or Henry Bretton, lived from about 1210 to about 1268 and was an English cleric and jurist. He is known forView the Source
Wikidata: John Selden
Includes: John Selden, John Selden lived from 1584 to 1654 and was an English jurist, a scholar of Englands ancient laws and constitution, and a scholar of Jewish law. Known as a polymath, he was hailed by John MiView the Source
Wikidata: Richard Zouch
Includes: Richard Zouch, Richard Zouch lived from around 1590 to 1 March 1661 and was an English judge and a member of Parliament from 1621 to 1624, elected for Hythe in 1621 before becoming principal of St. Alban HView the Source
Wikidata: John Westlake
Includes: John Westlake, John Westlake lived from February 4, 1828 to April 14, 1913 and was an English law scholar, Liberal member of Parliament and social reformer. He co-founded the first journal devoted to interView the Source
Wikidata: Travers Twiss
Includes: Travers Twiss, Travers Twiss lived from March 19, 1809 to January 14, 1897 and was an English jurist with a distinguished academic and legal career that culminated in his appointment as Queen's Advocate-GeView the Source
Wikidata: Joseph Chitty
Includes: Joseph Chitty, Joseph Chitty was an English lawyer and legal writer who lived from 12 March 1776 to 17 February 1841 and became one of the most prolific and widely used legal authors of his era. He practicView the Source
Wikidata: H. L. A. Hart
Includes: H. L. A. Hart, Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart was a British legal philosopher, one of the most influential legal theorists of the 20th century, instrumental in the development of the theory of legal positiviView the Source
Wikidata: Arnold McNair
Includes: Arnold McNair, Arnold Duncan McNair, later Baron McNair, was a British legal scholar who lived from 4 March 1885 to 22 May 1975, born in Highbury Fields, London and educated at Gonville and Caius College,View the Source
Wikidata: Malcolm Shaw
Includes: Malcolm Shaw, Malcolm Nathan Shaw, born in 1947, is a British legal academic, author, editor and lawyer.View the Source
Wikidata: Henry Sumner Maine
Includes: Henry Sumner Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, who lived from 1822 to 1888, was a British jurist and legal historian educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, recognized as a founder of the fields of legal anView the Source
Percy Henry Winfield (Wikipedia)
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Sir Percy Henry Winfield (16 September 1878-7 July 1953) was Rouse Ball Professor of English Law between 1928 and 1943.
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John Hody (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Hody, Lead section
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was Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
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Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (Wex): law of the land
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Historically, the phrase is rooted in Chapter 39 of Magna Carta (1215), which restricted arbitrary punishment by requiring judgment according to established law.
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Court of Common Pleas (England) (Wikipedia)
Includes: Court of Common Pleas (England), English Wikipedia lead
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was a common law court in the English legal system
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Court of Chancery (Wikipedia)
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a court of equity in England and Wales
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Westminster Magistrates' Court (Wikipedia)
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The Chief Magistrate of England and Wales, who is the Senior District Judge of England and Wales, sits at the court
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Star Chamber (source article)
Includes: Star Chamber, Lead
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was an English court that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster
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HM Courts and Tribunals Service (Wikipedia)
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The agency is responsible for the administration of the courts of England and Wales, the Probate Service and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Stephen de Segrave (Wikipedia)
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was a medieval Chief Justiciar of England.
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Welsh law (Wikipedia)
  • Legal Family Of: Welsh law, Lead
    Welsh law (Welsh: Cyfraith Cymru) is a semi-autonomous part of the English law system
  • Includes: Welsh law, Lead
    Welsh law (Welsh: Cyfraith Cymru) is a semi-autonomous part of the English law system
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High Court of Justice (Wikipedia)
Includes: High Court of Justice, Lead
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is one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
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Inner London Crown Court (Wikipedia)
Includes: Inner London Crown Court, History
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extended in 1974 to provide 10 courts for use on the South Eastern Circuit
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Bloody Assizes (Wikipedia)
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The Bloody Assizes were a series of trials started at Winchester on 25 August 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Monmouth Rebellion in England.
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County Court (England and Wales) (Wikipedia)
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The County Court is a national civil court for England and Wales with unlimited financial jurisdiction.
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Court of Wards and Liveries (Wikipedia)
Includes: Court of Wards and Liveries, Lead, legal system
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was a court established during the reign of Henry VIII in England
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British Supreme Court for China (Wikipedia)
Includes: British Supreme Court for China, Jurisdiction
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The court applied the rules of English law and equity
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Judah P. Benjamin (Wikipedia)
Includes: Judah P. Benjamin, Lead
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an English barrister
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Bulstrode Whitelocke (Wikipedia)
Includes: Bulstrode Whitelocke, Lead, English lawyer
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was an English lawyer, writer, parliamentarian
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Jeremy Bentham (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Jeremy Bentham, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English philosopher
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Philip Sales, Lord Sales (Wikipedia)
Includes: Lord Sales, Wikipedia lead sentence
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is an English judge who has served as the Deputy Pres
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Thomas de Littleton (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Sir Thomas de Littleton, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge
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Matthew Hale (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Sir Matthew Hale, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an influential English lawyer
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Christopher St. Germain (Wikipedia)
Includes: Christopher St. Germain, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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William Searle Holdsworth (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: William Holdsworth, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English legal historian and Vinerian Professor
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Tom Denning, Baron Denning (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributorsIncludes: Alfred Thompson Denning, Baron Denning, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and judge
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Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and judge who was Senior Lord
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Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, Wikipedia
Includes: Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and judge
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Betty Moys, Wikipedia
Includes: Betty Moys, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English law librarian and indexer
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James Fitzjames Stephen (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: James Fitzjames Stephen, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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Edward Jenks (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Edward Jenks, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English jurist
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Ian Brownlie (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Ian Brownlie, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and academic
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James Leslie Brierly (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: James Leslie Brierly, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English scholar of international law
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Gerald Fitzmaurice (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Gerald Fitzmaurice, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and judge
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Antony Nicholas Allott (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Antony Nicholas Allott, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English academic
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Ivy Williams (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Ivy Williams, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was the first woman to be called to the English bar
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Elizabeth Lane (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Elizabeth Lane, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English barrister and judge
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Thomas Baty (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Thomas Baty, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English international lawyer
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John James Park (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: John James Park, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English jurist and antiquarian
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Wulfstan (died 1023) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Wulfstan (died 1023), Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English Bishop of London
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Edmund Plowden (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Edmund Plowden, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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John Holt (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sir John Holt, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer who served as Lord Chief Justice
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Robert Phillimore (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Sir Robert Phillimore, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and politician
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Edwin Chadwick (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Edwin Chadwick, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English social reformer who is noted for his le
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Ralph de Hengham (Wikipedia)
Includes: Ralph de Hengham, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English cleric who held various high positions
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Roger Brabazon (Wikipedia)
Includes: Roger Brabazon, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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Christopher Wray (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sir Christopher Wray, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King
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Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (Wikipedia)
Includes: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer and politician who served as Lor
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Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (Wikipedia)
Includes: Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge
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Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (Wikipedia)
Includes: Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge, Wikipedia lead sentence
was an English lawyer
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Igor Judge, Baron Judge (Wikipedia)
Includes: Igor Judge, Baron Judge, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice
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Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill (Wikipedia)
Includes: Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Wikipedia lead sentence
is an English jurist and life peer who has served as
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Henry of Bath (Wikipedia)
Includes: Henry of Bath, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and administrator
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Hervey de Stanton (Wikipedia)
Includes: Hervey de Stanton, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge
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Geoffrey le Scrope (Wikipedia)
Includes: Geoffrey le Scrope, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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Robert de Malberthorp (Wikipedia)
Includes: Robert de Malberthorp, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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Richard de Willoughby (Wikipedia)
Includes: Richard de Willoughby, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English landowner
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Robert Parning (Wikipedia)
Includes: Robert Parning, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer and administrator
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William de Thorpe (Wikipedia)
Includes: William de Thorpe, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer who was Chief Justice of the Kin
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William de Shareshull (Wikipedia)
Includes: William de Shareshull, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King
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John Knyvet (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Knyvet, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer and administrator
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Walter Clopton (Wikipedia)
Includes: Walter Clopton, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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William Hankford (Wikipedia)
Includes: William Hankford, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer who acted as Chief Justice of th
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John Juyn (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Juyn, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge who served as Chief Justice of th
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John Markham (judge) (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Markham, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King
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Thomas Billing (Wikipedia)
Includes: Thomas Billing, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King
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John Fineux (Wikipedia)
Includes: John Fineux, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King
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Richard Lyster (Wikipedia)
Includes: Richard Lyster, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King
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Statutes of Mortmain (Wikipedia)
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Emptores, 18 Edw. 1), passed in the reign of Edward I of England, aimed at preserving the kingdom's revenues by pr
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Court of King's Bench (England) (Wikipedia)
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Before the King Himself, was a court of common law in the English legal system. Created in the late 12th to early 1
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HM Courts Service (Wikipedia)
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administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales. It was created by the amalgamation of
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Quadripartitus (Wikipedia)
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collection compiled during the reign of Henry I, king of England (1100-1135). The work consists of Anglo-Saxon leg
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99-year lease (Wikipedia)
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A 99-year lease, under historic English law, since widely received abroad, was traditiona
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Fee simple (Wikipedia)
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In English law, a fee simple (pl. fees simple) is one of the
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Caput lupinum (Wikipedia)
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'may he wear a wolfish head') are terms used in the English legal system and its derivatives. The terms were
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Form of action (Wikipedia)
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claim could be made during much of the history of the English common law. Depending on the court, a plaintiff w
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Rentcharge (Wikipedia)
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In English land law, a rentcharge is an annual sum paid by t
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Refusing to assist a police officer (Wikipedia)
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a police officer". This principle originates from Norman England, where local Sheriffs in England would be the onl
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Inherent jurisdiction (Wikipedia)
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Inherent jurisdiction is a doctrine of the English common law that a superior court has the jurisdic
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Rule of sevens (Wikipedia)
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The rule of sevens, in English common law, establishes three age brackets for de
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Nervous shock (Wikipedia)
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In English law, a nervous shock is a psychiatric / mental il
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Rules of the Supreme Court (Wikipedia)
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civil procedure in the Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales (since 2009 called the Senior Courts) f
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Capite (Wikipedia)
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In old English law, a capite (from Latin caput, head) was a tenu
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Pleading (England and Wales) (Wikipedia)
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Pleading in England and Wales is covered by the Civil Procedure Rules
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Latitat (Wikipedia)
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The word "latitat" is Latin for "he lurks". In England, the writ is essentially a summons out of the civ
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Secret profit (Wikipedia)
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In English law, a secret profit is a profit made by an emplo
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William Cheyne (judge) (Wikipedia)
Includes: William Cheyne, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was an English lawyer
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Wikidata: John Fortescue
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William Gascoigne (Wikipedia)
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King's Bench Division (Wikipedia)
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The King's Bench Division (or Queen's Bench Division when the monarch is female) of the High Court of Justice deals with a wide range of common law cases in England and Wales and has supervisory responsibility over certain lower courts.
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Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Wikipedia)
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The Court of Appeal (formally "His Majesty's Court of Appeal in England", commonly cited as "CA", "EWCA" or "CoA") is the highest court within the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and second in the legal system of England and Wales only to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham (Wikipedia)
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Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, (23 December 1620 - 18 December 1682), Lord Chancellor of England, was descended from the old family of Finch, many of whose members had attained high legal eminence, and was the eldest son of Sir Heneage Finch, Recorder of London, by his first wife Frances Bell, daughter of Sir Edmond Bell of Beaupre Hall, Norfolk.
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Oyer and terminer (Wikipedia)
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In English law, oyer and terminer (; a partial translation of the Anglo-French oyer et terminer, which literally means 'to hear and to determine') was one of the commissions by which a judge of assize sat.
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Culprit (Wikipedia)
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A culprit, under English law properly the prisoner at the bar, is one accused of a crime.
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Personal injury trust (Wikipedia)
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A personal injury trust is a legal term of art in the modern English law of trusts and is also applicable, where relevant, to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Injunction (Wikipedia)
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It was developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the "interdict".
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James Atkin, Baron Atkin (Wikipedia)
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Ranulf de Glanvill (Wikipedia)
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Glanville Williams (Wikipedia)
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Lennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann (Wikipedia)
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Reform Act 1832 (Wikipedia)
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England and Wales
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Philippe Sands (Wikipedia)
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Roger Cholmeley (Wikipedia)
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Robert Tresilian (Wikipedia)
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Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (Wikipedia)
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John Popham (Wikipedia)
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John FitzJames (Wikipedia)
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Mark Ellis (lawyer) (Wikipedia)
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English law (Wikipedia)
In Group: Common Law of the British Isles and Its Foundations, Introduction, sentence 1
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English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.
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