Frequently, lis pendens statutes only apply to real property, so the common-law doctrine probably still applies to personal property.

Before the law was passed, New York had traditionally subscribed to the common-law doctrine of "employment at will," which gave employers broad latitude to hire and fire.

He issued few constitutional opinions in these years, but carefully developed the principles of free expression as a common-law doctrine.

Adverse possession, he explained, is a common-law doctrine that results in the establishment of property rights in someone else's property after a period of "open and notorious" use of the property.

And it set up a special panel to clarify a confusing element of this and many other sexual-assault cases: the common-law doctrine of "fresh complaint."

The common-law doctrine sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas-use your property in a way which does not harm another-is the basis of the law of neighbours.

And Mrs. Clinton declined to answer two questions about conversations with her husband at a deposition last week, citing the common-law doctrine of spousal privilege.

Courts began developing common-law doctrines to accommodate landowners who asserted competing claims over a body of water.

Mr. Butz explained that real estate brokers have traditionally been held accountable for their actions under the common-law doctrine of negligence.

However, a central element in the common-law doctrine of provocation is the reason for the loss of self-control.