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Adjective common-law has 1 sense

common-law - based on common law; "a common-law right"
Antonym: written (indirect, via unwritten)

Noun common-law has 2 senses

case law, precedent, common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
--₁ is a kind of civil law
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