common law remedy
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From 318 U.S. 133 - C. J. Hendry Co. v. Moore · 1943Most cited · 187 citing opinions
the common law as received in this country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution gave a remedy in rem in cases of forfeiture, and that it is a 'common law remedy' and one which 'the common law is competent to give' within the meaning of § 9 of the Judiciary Act of 1789.