West_of_West comments on Sovcit is getting foreclosed on, will buy a new house with 10 silver coins.

[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Funny enough, in Canada we have common-law and civil-law (Québec), which is where my mind immediately went.

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[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is actually true of the United States, as well. It's Common Law for pretty much everywhere and Civil Law for Louisiana.

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

And of course both in the case of US and Canada it is a legacy from the UK, which also have Common Law (unlike the rest of Europe).

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[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

TIL. I knew Louisiana had a French history, but not that it maintenaned it in anyway, let alone through the legal code.

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[–] chocrates@piefed.world 1 point 1 year ago

My sister won't take the bar anywhere else, I assume because she had to learn a ton of arcane Louisiana nonsense that doesn't translate anywhere else

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