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case law

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English

Syllables
case law
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

case laws (plural) caselaw (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

precedent

Synonyms

common law decisional law judge-made law precedential law precedent

Questions

What does case law mean?
Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.

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