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This question should attract a long and complicated answer, however in short, since the Norman conquest justices and judges were responsible for adapting a system that met every day needs, applying a mixture of precedent and common sense, to build up a body of consistent law. It means a body of law based on judicial decisions and custom, as distinct from statute law

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