Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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communis opinio
[Latin "common opinion"] Hist. A generally accepted belief about a point of law. ( If held unanimously by those learned in the law, this common belief had the force of law in classical Rome. "Communis opinio is evidence of what the law is, - not where it is an opinion merely speculative and theoretical, floating in the minds of persons, but where it has been made the ground-work and substratum of practice." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 330 (2d ed. 1867) (quoting Lord Ellenborough). "Communis opinio is evidence of what the law is, - not where it is an opinion merely speculative and theoretical, floating in the minds of persons, but where it has been made the ground-work and substratum of practice." 1 Alexander M. Burrill, A Law Dictionary and Glossary 330 (2d ed. 1867) (quoting Lord Ellenborough).
communis opinio doctorum
[Latin "learned common opinion"] Hist. Scholarly agreement on points of Roman law, collected by the glossators of Justinian's texts in the later Middle Ages.