- common-law jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction to try and decide cases which were cognizable by the courts of law under what is known as the common law of England. Re Dean, 83 Me 489, 22 A 385.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
common-law jurisdiction
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