Can common law be used as a substitute for the common law?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reference Re Judicature Act, 1983 ABCA 332 (CanLII):
Eccles v. Bourque (supra) supports the proposition that where the statute does not provide for entry in specific circumstances nor abrogate it, resort may be had to the common law.
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