They used what they had available to support a position that was ultimately determined to be an aberration under a 21st century court; but it’s worth noting we

They used what they had available to support a position that was ultimately determined to be an aberration under a 21st century court; but it’s worth noting we rejected a Feudal system but we did not reject the entirety of the English legal tradition nor the body of law associated with it except insofar as it is found to be abhorrent to our own republican laws in the States and in the Federal judiciary.