case law
noun Legal
- English meaning
- Law developed from judges' decisions in past cases.
- Example
Australian case law protects the right to a fair trial.
- Common collocations
- under case law
- Word family
- common law
Translation
- 한국어판례법
- 中文判例法
- 日本語判例法
- ไทยกฎหมายจากคำพิพากษา
- Bahasa Indonesiahukum kasus
- Tiếng Việtluật án lệ
- Русскийпрецедентное право
- हिन्दीनिर्णय विधि
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