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Formalized set of rules, valid for a group and its members, defining rights and obligations of the concerned actors, and rights over or obligations concerning specific things.

A law is generally created by the enactment of legislatures, while common law and custom derive from usage or practice of the people: by common adoption and acquiescence, and by long and unvarying habit, their rules have become compulsory, and acquired the force of a law.

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