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Code · New Mexico · Chapter 38 — Trials · Article 1 — Process

38-1-3. [Common law is rule of practice and decision.]

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In all the courts in this state the common law as recognized in the United States of America, shall be the rule of practice and decision.
History: Laws 1875-1876, ch. 2, § 2; C.L. 1884, § 1823; C.L. 1897, § 2871; Code 1915, § 1354; C.S. 1929, § 34-101; 1941 Comp., § 19-303; 1953 Comp., § 21-3-3.
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