casebook

See also: case-book and case book

English

Alternative forms

• case-book, case book

Etymology

From case +‎ book. First use appears c. 1675.

Noun

casebook (plural casebooks)

1. (US, law) A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
2. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.

Adjective

casebook (comparative more casebook, superlative most casebook)

1. (figuratively, uncommon) Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon; a textbook example.
   • 1977, Cyra McFadden, The Serial, A Year in the Life of Marin County, page 70:

     Her shrink had told her that her own father, as she'd describe him, was practically a casebook example of an anal retentive.

Anagrams

• bookcase