Common law originated from LOCATION@1 and has been inherited by almost every country once tied to the MISC@1 -LRB- except LOCATION@2 , LOCATION@3 , the LOCATION@4 state of LOCATION@5 , and the MISC@2 province of LOCATION@6 -RRB- .

It comes from LOCATION@1 and it became part of almost every country that once belonged to th British Empire , except LOCATION@3 , and the MISC@2 province of Quebec .
