Medieval Manorial Court

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"Modern law in English-influenced judiciaries stems from a variety of sources. It is a not a "pure" tradition, deriving as it does from legal definitions both pre-defined and defined only by accepted conventions. Two key factors in the modern, English-based equation are "common law" and a trial-by-"peer" jury process. The roots of both these factors can be found in the medieval manorial court of feudal Norman England.
Two great systems of law dominate the Western world: civil law and common law. Civil law is descended from the codified laws of the Roman Empire; it is used by most European countries. Common law, by contrast, is not embodied in a text or code. Rather, in England - and, by heritage, the United States, United Kingdom and Commonwealth descendants of English judicial tradition - common law grew from the "manorial court" system of..."

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