Common law is the type of state law is based on rules, orders, and regulations made by federal, state, or local executive officers.
For the purpose of this discussion, a judge is known as a federal, state or local executive officer.
<span>Common law is developed by judges when they rule on matters that appear before them in the courts of each state in the USA. When judges rule on a matter, they are forced to take previous rulings into account. </span>
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