Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun common-law

2 senses of common law

Sense 1
case law, precedent, common law -- ((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
       => civil law -- (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

Sense 2
common law, case law, precedent -- (a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States")
       => law, jurisprudence -- (the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order")

Antonyms of adj common-law

1 sense of common-law

Sense 1
common-law (predicate) -- (based on common law; "a common-law right")

INDIRECT (VIA unwritten) -> written -- (systematically collected and written down; "written laws")

Similarity of adj common-law

1 sense of common-law

Sense 1
common-law (predicate) -- (based on common law; "a common-law right")
       => unwritten (vs. written) -- (based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence)