comun lawe

• commone laghe, commun lawe, comune lawe, comyn lawe, coumoun lawe
• comen lawe, common lawe, commune lawe, commyn law, comon lawe, comon law, comone lawe, comoun lawe, comyne lawe (Late Middle English)

From comun (“shared, universal”) +‎ lawe (“law”), referring to the law's uniform nature throughout a jurisdiction. Compare Medieval Latin lex commūne, iūs commūne and Anglo-Norman commune lei.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˌmiu̯n ˈlau̯(ə)/
• (with reduction) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔmun ˈlau̯(ə)/, /ˌkɔmən ˈlau̯(ə)/

comun lawe (uncountable)

1. Common law; law generally operating throughout a realm (or the Roman Catholic Church) and authorised by custom and precedent.
2. (in particular) The body of such law operative in the realm of England.

• English: common law
• Middle Scots: commoun law

• “commū̆ne laue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.