What is the common law of England and Wales in common law?
Nova Scotia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tom v. Shofer, 1953 CanLII 410 (NS CA):
5. The whole of the English common law will be recognized as in force here excepting such parts as are obviously inconsistent with the circumstances of the country: Uniacke v. Dickson (1848), 2 N.S.R. 287.
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