Exactly right, English Common Law provided the definitions used in the Constitution.
But I must say that most of the Revolutionary leaders were not educated in England particularly the most important ones: Washington, Madison, Jefferson, J. Adams, S. Adams, Hancock, Hamilton, Jay, Burr, Monroe, Marshall. They were trained in English law though except for Washington and Hancock who were not lawyers.
“But I must say that most of the Revolutionary leaders were not educated in England ... “
Yeah - I guess you are right ... but those who went to college in the Colonies were the result of the English education system ...