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case law

English

  1. 🔊 (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  2. 🔊 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”

Similar words

precedent common law common law precedent