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Paralegal

Category - Legal System

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The common law is ____________________________.
  1. A system of law developed by the members of a legislative body and compiled in a civil code.
  2. A system of law developed in England.
  3. A system of strict laws that the King of England imposed on the American colonists to collect taxes.
  4. A system of law by which judges resolve legal disputes based on custom, usage, and prior judicial decisions.
Explanation
Answer: D - A system of law by which judges resolve legal disputes based on custom, usage, and prior judicial decisions. The term “common law” has been defined as “[t]he body of law derived from judicial decisions, rather than from statutes or constitutions.” Black’s Law Dictionary 114 (2d Pocket Ed. 2001).
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