The phrase "ancient common law" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing historical legal systems or principles that were widely accepted in a particular region before the establishment of formal statutes.
Example: "The principles of ancient common law continue to influence modern legal practices in many jurisdictions."
Alternatives: "historical common law" or "traditional common law".
The trespass to chattels issue requires adapting the ancient common law action to the modern age.
They charged her with three counts of the ancient common law offence of aiding and abetting misconduct in a public office.
The appeal court decided that he had "misdirected" the jury on a key aspect of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in a public office.
Piepoudre court, piepoudre also spelled Piepowder, lowest and most expeditious of the courts of justice known to the ancient common law of England.
By the ancient common law, a writ of error lay only for an error in law apparent upon the judgment roll,what is now called the 'strict record,'or for an error in fact, such as the death of a party before judgment.
Britain's ancient common law traditions are being drastically changed by Continental notions of how justice should be administered.
All the Administration needs to do is to rely on the ancient common-law principle called the "rule of lenity".
For decades, New York has taken this money under the ancient common-law right in which unclaimed property reverts, or escheats, to the state, as it once did to the lord of the manor or to the crown.
Legal charity Reprieve employed a piece of ancient English common law in a bid to end Rahmatullah's ordeal, and lawyers asked judges to grant "habeas corpus" relief.
However, Townsend argues that the right to maintenance and cure is an ancient part of maritime common law.
But what if there are few constitutional constraints and parliament passes laws that violate our ancient liberties or the common law?
