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2. Common law as opposed to civil law.  That is, the common law legal system as opposed to the legal system adopted by most of continental Europe.

2. Common law as opposed to civil law.  That is, the common law legal system as opposed to the legal system adopted by most of continental Europe.

3. Common law as opposed to equity.  That is, the law that applied in the former common law courts as opposed to that applied in the former Court of Chancery.  In England the Judicature Act 1873 created a new system which gave the courts both legal (common law) and equitable jurisdiction.

3. Common law as opposed to equity.  That is, the law that applied in the former common law courts as opposed to that which applied in the former Court of Chancery.  In England the Judicature Act 1873 created a new system which gave the courts both legal (common law) and equitable jurisdiction.