The founders of America brought with them the English common law.

美国的创始人带来了英国的普通法。

He said, like much of American law, the attorney-client privilege is rooted in English common law.

他说，与大部分美国法律一样，律师-委托人特权植根于英国普通法。

Especially did they assail the disabilities imposed upon them by the English common law imported into America—the law which denied married women their property, their wages, and their legal existence as separate persons.

她们尤其抨击输入美国的英国普通法强加给她们的残疾——该法律否认已婚妇女的财产、工资和作为独立个体的合法存在。