§ 14. Such parts of the common law, and of the acts of the legislature
of the colony of New York, as together did form the law of the said
colony, on the nineteenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred
seventy-five, and the resolutions of the congress of the said colony,
and of the convention of the State of New York, in force on the
twentieth day of April, one thousand seven hundred seventy-seven, which
have not since expired, or been repealed or altered; and such acts of
the legislature of this state as are now in force, shall be and continue
the law of this state, subject to such alterations as the legislature
shall make concerning the same. But all such parts of the common law,
and such of the said acts, or parts thereof, as are repugnant to this
constitution, are hereby abrogated.