prayer prescribed by the Church of England to used in ail churches and chapels, and which the clergy are enjoined to use under a certain po Common repute. The prevailing lief in a given community as to the existence of a certain fact or aggregation of facts. Brown v. Foster, 41 8. C. 118, 19 8. E. 299. Common right. A term applied to rights privileges, and immunities appertaining to and enjoyed by all citizens equally and in common, and which have their foundation in the common law. Co. Inst. 1420; Spring Valley Waterworks vy. Schottler, 62 Cal. 106.—Common seller. <A common seller of any commodity (particularly under the liquor laws of many States) is one who sells it frequently, usually, customarily, or habitually; in some states, one who is shown to have made a certain number of sales, either three or five. State vy. O’Conner, 49 Me. 596; State v. Nutt, 28 Vt. 508;

1. As distinguished from the Roman Jaw, the modern civil law, the canon law, and other systems, the common law is that body of law and juristic theory which was originated, developed, and formulated and is administered in England. and has obtained among most of the states and peoples of Anglo-Saxon stock. Lux v.

law comprises the body of those principles and rules of action, relating to the government and security of persons and property, which derive their authority solely from usages and customs of immemorial antiquity, or from the judgments and decrees of the courts recognizing, affirming, and enforcing such usages and customs; and, in this sense, particularly the ancient unwritten law of