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Definition of Casebook

1. Noun. A book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work.

2. Adjective. According to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical. "A textbook example"

Definition of Casebook

1. Noun. (legal) : an educational tool used predominately in United States law schools consisting of a book containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and other materials relating to those cases. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Casebook

1. a law textbook [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Casebook

case sensitive case sensitivity case shot case studies case study casease caseases caseate caseated caseates

caseating caseation caseations casebearer casebearers casebook (current term) casebooks casebound cased casefied

casefies caseful casefuls casefy casefying caseharden casehardened casehardening casehardens caseic

Literary usage of Casebook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Future Interests and Illegal Conditions and Restraints by Albert Martin Kales (1918)
"AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTE THIS collection of cases for the American casebook Series is an abridgment of a larger casebook, also published by the West ..."

2. Cases on the Law of Contracts by George Purcell Costigan (1921)
"In this casebook the general topics treated are shown by the chapter ... It will be noted that in this casebook sealed contracts are dealt with first. ..."

3. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1867)
"The following entry occurs in the casebook, and bears date June 23rd:—" This patient was ... This patient has improved since the last entry in the casebook, ..."

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