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Originally Posted by DCLXVI
Common law for me has been useful in determining the original meaning of words in old statutes and constitutions. The rule of common law only applies to court cases where the suit was brought by the suitor as a common law action.
Of course there are statutes indicting that common law shall be the rule of decision in the courts unless explicitly deviated from. However the common law has just been made subject to a statute and the force is still coming form that statute because the court is still sitting as a limited jurisdiction court and as such must derive all procedure from statute and power thud conferred.
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Evidence would suggest that, being unfamiliar with horse drawn carts, DCLXVI would place the prime mover in the rear.