4th Laws - Common Law

4th Laws - Common Law

 

Sub Sec. I. General Definition of Common Law 

The Fourth Laws of the Kingdom of Antonio are known as the Common Law.  The common law consists of a standard that represents what a reasonable and prudent person should and should not do under circumstances of normal or abnormal conditions.  This Common Law is a general guideline for the classifications listed in the Fifth Law – Specific Law.  The Common Law by definition is the law that exists in order to sustain the rights of the people of the nation and within the nation under normal government conditions.  Unless stated in the Fifth Laws – Specific Law, there is no exact guideline to adhere to in order to keep order and therefore the Fourth Laws – Common Laws, are guided by the understanding of current and past knowledge.  By the standard set forth of any action or non-non action as it relates to legal cause, the law shall base the equation on what a reasonable and prudent person would do under circumstances presented to the court.  The standard for what a reasonable and prudent person is, can be found by definition of the law as it pertains to each particular circumstance of law.  In the case of criminal matters or matters requiring that of a Court of Justice, a presiding Judge may proceed under his/her own understanding of the law and the basis of what a reasonable and prudent person would do under such circumstances in question.  The authority is given to each presiding Judge to question the cause of the case and to put into evidence by rule of the standard of applying a reasonable and prudent person to the case as compared to basis of understanding from the accuser or accusee of the case.  

 

Sub Sec. II. Reasonable and Prudent Person Use in Law of Justice  

Any person or persons ordinary, prudent person who normally exercises due care while avoiding extremes of both audacity and caution. Used as a test of liability in cases of negligence.   

Exceptions to this applicable standard by the Law of Justice: This standard is not applied uniformly on all persons in specific cases of law in understanding that varying degrees of reasonableness may be expected from a minor (infant), an adult, an unskilled person, or a professional such as a doctor or police officer.  In such cases, the law relies on the ability to understand the case in detail as it relates to the activities of the person of cause.