Adjective common law has 1 sense
  1. common-law - based on common law; "a common-law right"
    Antonym: written (indirect, via unwritten)
,Noun common law has 2 senses
  1. case law, precedent, common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    --1 is a kind of civil law
  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"
    --2 is a kind of law, jurisprudence
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