Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-2: Force of common law

The common law, as modified by constitutional and statutory law,

judicial decisions and the condition and wants of the people, shall

remain in force in aid of the general statutes of Oklahoma; but the

rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof, shall

be strictly construed, shall not be applicable to any general

statute of Oklahoma; but all such statutes shall be liberally

construed to promote their object.