case law

See also: caselaw

English

Noun

case law (countable and uncountable, plural case laws)

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

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)

Hungarian: esetjog (hu), precedensjog
Italian: giurisprudenza (it) f
Norwegian: rettspraksis m
Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f
Swedish: rättspraxis, prejudikatlag

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