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1·By the later part of that century, however, the United States began to nullify common-law marriages and exert more control over who was allowed to marry.

一直到了19世纪后期，美国才正式在法律上废除普通婚姻法，并同时在法律上对结婚资格添加了更多条件。

2·Paradoxically, it was the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, an attempt to give statutory force to the common-law writ, which paved the way for its gradual erosion.

1679年签署了人身保护法，作为赋予普通法令状以法定效力的一次尝试，矛盾的是，正是这项法令为人生保护令的逐渐腐蚀铺平了道路。

3·In some countries, such as Turkey and Mexico, the law is based on the French Napoleonic model where secured creditors may not collect as much as in common-law countries.

在大多数新兴市场，如土耳其和墨西哥，基于法国拿破仑式的法规可能限制债权人，在没收借债人资产抵债时，获得像在其他奉行惯例法的国家所能获得的数额。

4·In many criminal cases, the common-law requirement that a defendant must have a mens rea (ie, he must or should know that he is doing wrong) has been weakened or erased.

在许多刑事案件中，惯例法所要求的被告人应该有犯罪动机(如，他必须或者应该知道自己现在所做的事是不正确的)的规定已经在逐步地弱化或移除。

5·The organizational bonds were based on the common principles of law and administration and on the universal army of officials who enforced common standards of conduct.

这些组织的纽带是以法律和行政的共同原则，以及执行共同行为标准的普遍军队官员为基础的。

6·The premise was that the common law of contract lacked sufficient safeguards for workers against arbitrary conduct by management.

其前提是，普通合同法缺乏使劳动者不受管理层随意行为影响的充分保障。

7·Canadian libel law is based on English common law.

加拿大的诽谤法是以英国的习惯法为根据的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·England has had a central system of common law for centuries.

英格兰几个世纪前就已经拥有了中央共同法体系。

9·This concept of decided cases as a source of law is often referred to as the common law system, which must be contrasted with the civil law system developed in continental Europe.

把已判决的案例作为法的一个渊源，这种概念常被称为普通法系，它有别于大陆欧洲的在陆法系。

10·Such a bill could not abolish rights found in the European convention (and common law precedent already protects family life and privacy).

类似的法案并不能彻底废除在欧洲人权公约中存在的权利(并且之前已经通过的习惯法已经保护了家庭生活权和隐私权)。

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