CASE LAW

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

  synonyms : common law , precedent

  The lawyer told his client that he would have to look up some precedents to be able to argue the case better. -added by naila_inlas

• (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"

  synonyms : common law , precedent

  We had to follow the precedents instead of the laws. -added by naila_inlas

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