case law

See also: caselaw

English

Alternative forms

caselaw

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

Coordinate terms

precedent

Translations

law developed through court decisions

Breton: devarnadurezh f
Bulgarian: прецедентно право (precedentno pravo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 判例法 (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

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