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case law
DEFINITIONS OF:
case law
1
n
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Synonyms:
common law
,
precedent
Type of:
civil law
the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation
n
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
Synonyms:
common law
,
precedent
Type of:
jurisprudence
,
law
the collection of rules imposed by authority
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