case law

See also: caselaw

English

Alternative forms

• caselaw

Pronunciation

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Noun

case law (countable and uncountable, plural case laws)

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

Synonyms

• common law
• decisional law
• judge-made law
• precedential law

Coordinate terms

• precedent

Translations

law developed through court decisions

• Breton: devarnadurezh f
• Bulgarian: прецедентно право (precedentno pravo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 判例法 (zh) (pànlìfǎ)

• Danish: retspraksis
• Dutch: jurisprudentie (nl) f, rechtspraak (nl) f, rechtersrecht n
• Finnish: oikeuskäytäntö (fi)
• French: jurisprudence (fr) f
• Georgian: პრეცედენტური სამართალი (ṗrecedenṭuri samartali)
• German: Rechtsprechung (de) f, Richterrecht n
• Greek: νομολογία (el) f (nomología)
• Hungarian: esetjog (hu), precedensjog
• Italian: giurisprudenza (it) f
• Norwegian: rettspraksis m
• Polish: prawo precedensowe n
• Portuguese: jurisprudência (pt) f
• Russian: прецедентное право (ru) n (precedentnoje pravo)
• Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f
• Swedish: rättspraxis, prejudikatlag
• Welsh: cyfraith achosion f