The U. S. is a common law country.

美国是一个习惯法国家。

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Enhancing the party's onus probandi has been the common understanding of the law and judicial circle in our country.

强化当事人举证责任已成为我国法学理论和司法实务界的共识。

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The garrote very common once, is no longer sanctioned by law in any country though training in its use is still carried out in the French Foreign Legion.

绞喉曾经是很常见，但是现在它不再被任何国家认可，只有在法国外籍军团仍保留绞喉的相关培训。

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The two factors most closely associated with higher liability costs are the number of lawyers and whether the country has a common-law system like the U.S., where judges decide much of the law governing liability or a civil law tradition, where the rules are set down in a relatively unchanging civil code.

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If you come from another American state, or from another country that practises English-style common law (in which precedents set by judges are all-important), it is a matter of mugging up and passing the New York bar exam.

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