common law?

Answer 1

Common law makes it so that any contractional relationship that's entered into by two or more people, be it business or personal, is equitable to all parties upon it's dissolution.

For example, if two people have a common law marriage, then upon divorcing the husband and wife will share equally all assets, no matter who earned them or possessed them before or during the marriage.

Answer 2

Common Law is one of the current world's legal systems. The other four are the Roman-germanic, the religious, the communist and the common-law-hybrid systems.

The common law system is used throughout the formerly British-Empire countries, like Australia, New Zealand, United States, Britain and many more. It bases itself upon a judicial-precedents' system.

A common-law-hybrid system can be found, for instance, in Louisiana, where the british-like common law has merged with the french-style Roman-germanic legal-coding system.

I hope you find this useful. Good luck!

Answer 3

If marital status is relevant to your question, then see the below answer. If a system of jurisprudence is what you seek, then see the answer of Arminius. To be married by common law, both parties must comply with 3 requisites: 1) they intend to be married (not in the future but at the time); 2) they hold themselves out (represent themselves) to the public as married; 3) they cohabitate (live together) at the time that 1) and 2) above exist. The intent to #1) may be implied by their having or conceiving a child during the time. There is no time limit of living together that is required. The shortest period of time could occur by this example: the two parties appear on TV and announce to the world (or part of it) that they are married while they are living together.

Answer 4

We could use a few more details as to what you want to know about common law.

Answer 5

Some states 6 months some 1 year.

Answer 6

you have to be a bit more specific.

common law is a type of legal system.

if you are talking about the legal system: there is common law and legislative law in australia.

common law is basically judge made law (this is used nowadays for things such as equity)
legislative law is laws based in legislation. this is the most common law in oz (and deals with things like crime, property, tax etc)

Answer 7

Depends on which state you live in.
More importantly, it depends on which aspect of common law you are looking into.

Answer 8

it means you ain't really married. but you are married

Answer 9

crap