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Law of Cyprus

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The law of Cyprus is the legal system that applies within the Republic of Cyprus. Although Cypriot law is extensively codified, it remains heavily grounded in English common law, since the fundamental principle of judicial precedent still applies throughout the system. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Origin Year
1878 1
Example Jurisdictions
Cyprus 2
Classification
Legal Family
Common Law 1
Law of Cyprus
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Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.

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Source Constitution of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
Source Georghios Pikis (Wikipedia)
Source Katerina Stamatiou, Wikipedia
Source Nicholas Emiliou, Wikipedia
Source Supreme Court of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
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1. Law of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
heavily based on English common law in the sense that the fundamental principle of precedent appliesView the Source
2. Law of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
Introduction, jurisdictions using it
Quote, Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The law of Cyprus is a legal system which applies within the Republic of Cyprus.
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Supreme Court of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
Includes: Supreme Court of Cyprus, Lead section
Quote, Includes: Supreme Court of Cyprus, Lead section
The Supreme Court of Cyprus (Greek: Ανώτατο Δικαστήριο Κύπρου, romanized: Anótato Dikastírio Kýprou, Turkish: Kıbrıs Yüksek Mahkemesi) is the highest court of the Republic of Cyprus.
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Nicholas Emiliou, Wikipedia
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is a Cypriot diplomat and jurist
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Katerina Stamatiou, Wikipedia
Includes: Katerina Stamatiou, Wikipedia lead sentence
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is a Cypriot judge
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Georghios Pikis (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Georghios Pikis, Wikipedia lead sentence
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was a Cypriot judge who was a member of the Internati
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Constitution of Cyprus (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Cyprus, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Quote, Includes: Constitution of Cyprus, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Lex Cypri) defining the system of government of the Cypriot Republic and the civil liberties for the Cypriot
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