2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 12. Civil Procedure
§12-2. Force of common law.

Universal Citation: 12 OK Stat § 12-2 (2019)

The common law, as modified by constitutional and statutory law, judicial decisions and the condition and wants of the people, shall remain in force in aid of the general statutes of Oklahoma; but the rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof, shall be strictly construed, shall not be applicable to any general statute of Oklahoma; but all such statutes shall be liberally construed to promote their object.

R.L. 1910, § 4642.

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