common-law

1. 1.

   based on common law

   “a common-law right”

   Similarunwritten

Questions about common-law

What does common-law mean?

common-law means "based on common law".

How many syllables are in common-law?

common-law has 3 syllables and divides as com-mon--law under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is common-law a common word?

common-law is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.