American judges purged aristocratic features from inherited English common law.

Evidence

In the decades following independence, American judges expunged aspects of the common law that reflected the aristocratic character of English society and were therefore inappropriate for the more democratic society being created in the United States. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 139

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nineteenth-century judges actively reshaped common law to fit American conditions. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2837; American courts adopted only the English common law applicable to local conditions — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 972; American judges reshaped inherited common law to fit democracy and industrialization — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 139

Broader Connections

• Nineteenth-century judges actively reshaped common law to fit American conditions. #expands (0.85) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 2837