英语释义

• a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;

  "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

• (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

片语

common n law普通法

common-law lien普通法上的留置权

customary law习惯法

common-law relationship事实婚姻

common-law marriages同居婚姻；习惯法婚姻

unwritten law习惯法；不成文法

Common-law Spouse同居配偶

Common-Law Partners同居伴侣

英汉例句

• the common law was also quite ingenious in devising forms of common or joint ownership, with subtle technical differences between them.

  英美法在设计公共或共有所有权的形式上是非常灵活的，两者间在法律意义上有微妙的差异。

• this document, the provisions of westminster, formed the basis of english common law for the next several centuries.

  这个文件，即威斯敏斯特条款，为接下来几个世纪的英国习惯法奠定了基础。

• in contrast to other european countries such as france and italy, britain’s common law recognises no formal right to strike.

  与法国和意大利等欧洲国家有所不同，英国普通法认为没有权利罢工。

• such a bill could not abolish rights found in the european convention (and common law precedent already protects family life and privacy).

  类似的法案并不能彻底废除在欧洲人权公约中存在的权利（并且之前已经通过的习惯法已经保护了家庭生活权和隐私权）。

• anyone who creates an original work is protected by an automatic common law copyright.

  任何人创作了作品之后都自动受到普通法版权的保护，未获成文法版权保护的出版物被称为在公共领域，任何人都可以不经作者同意而使用。

• the traditional common law view that employment is at will and can be terminated for any reason - or none - is rapidly being eroded.

  传统习惯法着眼如下：雇佣关系，随意形成，可以籍借口，或者无需任何理由将雇员解除，这种理念，现在已越来越不得人心。

• i wholly disagree with the argument of the government that the first amendment left the common law as to seditious libel in force.

  我完全不同意政府提出的那种称《第一条修正案》使有关煽动诽谤罪的普通法继续有效的论点。

• english common law came to see innkeepers, boatmen, warehouse owners and granary operators as 「common carriers」: transport trades compelled to serve all comers, and to charge reasonable rates.

  英国有条不成文的法律，将旅店经营者、船主、货栈主和谷仓经营者视为承运人，即有义务为所有的运输贸易者提供服务并收取合理的费用。

• you’ll notice that four of the top five countries in the human development index have the common law and the top, norway, is a awash in oil.

  读者将会注意到，排列在人类发展指数前五名的四个国家拥有普通法。高居榜首的则是盛产石油的挪威。

• during the 19th and 20th centuries, robertson and nicol show, 「the common law was re-fashioned to serve the british class system from the perspective of … the victorian club.」

  在19世纪和20世纪，罗伯逊和尼科尔的着作写到，「习惯法老调重弹，从...维多利亚(上流男士)俱乐部的立场出发，服务于英国的阶级制度。」

• as a result of these hearings a new document was drawn up, proposing radical reforms of common law which would offer greater protection to the rights of free men.

  这些听证会的举行促进了一个新的文件的起草，这个文件提议彻底改革习惯法来给予自由人的权利更多的保护。

• likewise many unmarried couples, who have cohabited for years, may assume there is no need for a will as they are common law husband and wife.

  许多未婚同居多年的情侣，可能认为没必要立遗嘱，因为他们是习惯法认可的夫妻。

• leaping forward, lane briefly summarizes the emergence of common law freedoms in britain and the imposition on king john of the rights enshrined in magna carta.

  接着莱茵笔锋一转，跨越式的简要概述了英国普通法自由和大宪章的出现，大宪章里把权利奉为神圣，并强迫英王约翰接受。

• you’ll notice that four of the top five countries in the human development index have the common law and the top, norway, is a awash in oil. without the petro-kronors they probably wouldn’t be so hot.

  你可能会注意到：在人类发展指数方面排名前五位的国家中有4个国家有不成文法，虽然第一名的挪威没有不成为法，但它的石油资源很丰富，如果没有石油克朗，挪威也许不会这么富裕。