case law

See also: caselaw

English

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

• Bulgarian: прецедентно право (precedentno pravo)
• Danish: retspraksis
• Dutch: jurisprudentie (nl) f, rechtspraak (nl) f, rechtersrecht n
• Finnish: oikeuskäytäntö (fi)
• French: jurisprudence (fr) f
• German: Rechtsprechung (de) f, Richterrecht n
• Greek: νομολογία (el) f (nomología)
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• Hungarian: esetjog (hu), precedensjog
• Italian: giurisprudenza (it) f
• Norwegian: rettspraksis m
• Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f
• Swedish: rättspraxis, prejudikatlag