common ˈlawnoun a system of unwritten laws based on old customs and on judges' earlier decisions.derecho consuetudinario ˈcommon-lawadjective referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife.a common-law marriage;a...
In the first section of this paper, we examine the rules governing the creation of the chattel mortgage, pledge, and the trust receipt, in particular the formality and technicality surrounding the creation of the chattel mortgage and pledge. Second, we examine the external and internal rules ...
Confirmation bias. Partisans of both camps use it to sustain their narratives. A climate change denialist, for example, will read about a March blizzard sweeping through half the Midwest and think, “Aha! We’re in a cooling phase, just as I suspected.” Meanwhile the glaciers continue to m...
Because of this transcendent document of the Common Word, at last my hope and dream of practising and preaching our Christian faith to all the Muslim countries may be realised, free from fear of persecution and reprisals, as our brother Muslims also do now here in the Philippines, in Australi...