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"name": "ubor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unadapted borrowing from English common law.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "-",
"nolinkhead": "1"
},
"expansion": "common law f (uncountable)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese feminine nouns",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese multiword terms",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from English",
"Portuguese terms derived from English",
"Portuguese terms spelled with W",
"Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English",
"Portuguese uncountable nouns",
"pt:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"common law (legal system)"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"common law",
"common law#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) common law (legal system)"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"word": "common law"
}
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