Common Law
In many common law jurisdictions, such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, the phrase has several usages.
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“Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
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