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case law

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. common law, case law, precedentnoun

    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. case law, precedent, common lawnoun

    (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

Wiktionary

  1. case lawnoun

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

Wikipedia

  1. Case law

    Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on constitutions, statutes, or regulations. Case law uses the detailed facts of a legal case that have been resolved by courts or similar tribunals. These past decisions are called "case law", or precedent. Stare decisis—a Latin phrase meaning "let the decision stand"—is the principle by which judges are bound to such past decisions, drawing on established judicial authority to formulate their positions. These judicial interpretations are distinguished from statutory law, which are codes enacted by legislative bodies, and regulatory law, which are established by executive agencies based on statutes. In some jurisdictions, case law can be applied to ongoing adjudication; for example, criminal proceedings or family law. In common law countries (including the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand), it is used for judicial decisions of selected appellate courts, courts of first instance, agency tribunals, and other bodies discharging adjudicatory functions.

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  1. case law

    Case law refers to the collection of past legal decisions made by courts and similar tribunals. These rulings and judgments are used as precedents for future cases with similar issues or facts. Case law is essentially the set of laws and rules derived from the written opinions of judges who explain their decision-making rationale in specific legal disputes. It forms a major part of the legal system in common law countries.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of case law in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of case law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of case law in a Sentence

  1. Matthew Edmonds:

    The data is there, it's all there, cameras in and all around your car, all of the data points are there, it really comes down to case law, and how much of the data we can utilize. It would have to be a state-by-state proposition.

  2. Carissima Mathen:

    The charter provides a framework for argument, it provides a benchmark and now, 30 years on, it provides a whole body of case law such that if the court wanted to go in a radically different direction, it would have to explain itself.

  3. Anne Joseph O'Connell:

    The case law as to what qualifies as a legislative rule is remarkably unclear.

  4. Steve Gaynor:

    Look at case law. The officer is well within his right to use deadly force.

  5. Robert Stahl:

    Multiply the amount of time spent meeting with the client to obtain the facts, the hours reviewing documents and case law, and meeting with the government, and you can see how legal bills quickly escalate.

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