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The statute law is the will of the legislature in writing; the common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time; all our law began by consent of the legislature, and whether it is now law by usage or writing, it is the same thing.
Wilmot, L.C.J., Collins v. Blantern (1767), 2 Wils. 341. | ||