case law

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

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