Definitions for case law
case law

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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

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1. case lawnoun

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

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

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

Examples of case law in a Sentence

1. Kermit Victor Lipez:

   The First Amendment issue here is, as the parties frame it, fairly narrow: is there a constitutionally protected right to videotape police carrying out their duties in public? Basic First Amendment principles, along with case law from this and other circuits, answer that question unambiguously in the affirmative.

2. Eric Holland:

   If defendants are celebrating this ruling as the end of St. Louis mass tort, they have not read the entire Missouri case law.

3. Steve Gaynor:

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

4. 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.

5. Robert James:

   Like everyone else I ’m sitting around eating popcorn waiting to see what he’s going to release and what he’s not going to release, quite frankly even when you look up case law on special grand juries, you ’ll see it is a rarity.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Case_Law
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Law
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