Charring had a special meaning under the common law of England.
"By the law of England may a child enter into covenant and sell itself, my lord?"
The law of England says no girl can be made a woman before she is sixteen.
It adopted the common law of England as the basis for its legal system.
"Perhaps it isn't fair, but that's the law of England."
Sharp said "he could not believe the law of England was really so injurious to natural rights."
The laws of England are a right good tangle these days.
So are the ethics of the common law of England.
Only that the laws of England may come out of your mouth.
Rape was an offence under the common law of England.