CASE LAW

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

case law; common law; precedent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("case law" is a kind of...):

civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

Domain category:

civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)

Domain member category:

service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

Example:

common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States