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Definition of Case law

1. Noun. A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws. "Common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

2. Noun. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions.

Definition of Case law

1. Noun. Law or system of laws established based on judicial precedent rather than on statutory laws created by legislation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Case Law

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Literary usage of Case law

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

1. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"... OF PRAETORIAN EDICTS AS COMPARED WITH ENGLISH case law. Now, however, we arrive at a material difference between the Roman and the English Magistrates. ..."

2. The Theory of Law and Civil Society by Ágost Pulszky (1888)
"In the sphere of jurists' law are to be especially distinguished case law, and the systematically scientific law, the former arising mostly from judicial ..."

3. A Selection of Cases on the Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston (1903)
"Mellish, LJ, in Harris's case, Law Rep. 7 Ch. 596, says ; " That case is not a ... In the other, because the Lord Justices had, in Harris's case, Law Rep. ..."

4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1908)
"APPRECIATION OF MUNICIPAL CASE-LAW The divergence noted in the practice of the different states with regard to many points leads me to a very important ..."

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