common law

legal tradition originating in medieval England, characterized by the importance of judicial precedent
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common law

Summary

common law ranks in the top 9% of legal_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,079 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • common law is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • common law is in the country of Wales[3].
  • common law is in the country of Northern Ireland[4].
  • common law is in the country of Ireland[5].
  • common law is in the country of United States[6].
  • common law is in the country of Canada[7].
  • common law is a type of legal system[8].
  • common law's Commons category is recorded as Common law[9].
  • common law is the opposite of civil law[10].
  • common law's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[11].
  • common law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Common law[12].
  • common law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[13].
  • common law's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • common law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • common law's described by source is recorded as Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü[16].
  • common law's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[17].
  • common law's different from is recorded as Richterrecht[18].
  • common law's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • common law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Law[20].
  • common law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject England[21].
  • common law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject History[22].
  • common law's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Wikiproject Social and political philosophy[23].
  • common law's P14541 is recorded as 3WOiV3[24].
  • common law's P14541 is recorded as 2oP7kL[25].
  • common law's P14541 is recorded as 1MOYPU[26].

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Definition and Type

common law is a type of legal system[8]. It is the opposite of civil law[10].

Influence

Things named for common law include Common Law[27], a television series[28].

Why It Matters

common law ranks in the top 9% of legal_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,079 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 107 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Common Law[27], a television series[28].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · AddyLockPool · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 73
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de
    Eurovoc id → c_7afb6cd4
    The law dictionary entry → common-law
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12705]]: common-law"
  2. 4w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Richterrecht
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q2151331]]"
  3. 5w ago · Épico · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → legal system
    Eurovoc id → c_7afb6cd4
    Country of origin → Kingdom of England
    Instance of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q30]]"
  4. 5w ago · Épico · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → legal system
    Wikidata description → legal tradition originating in medieval England, characterized by the importance
    Different from → Richterrecht
    Basisklassifikation → 86.12
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q7054993]]"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3WOiV3, 2oP7kL, 1MOYPU
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → common-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: common-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289921723|common law (#289921723)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  7. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0205764-zvykove-pravo, 0325337-precedencni-pravo, 0208122-angloamericke-pravo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0205764-zvykove-pravo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  8. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Richterrecht
    Country → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Law, WikiProject England, WikiProject History +1
    Subclass of → legal system
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ [[Property:P2347]], mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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