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case law

NOUN
precedental law
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There have been hundreds of examples of lawyers relying on AI systems that “hallucinated” case law or misrepresented exhibits and filings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Citing murky laws and growing case law, online service HelloPrenup last year added optional clauses to its forms to help couples spell out what happens to embryos in a breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal

The state also claims that government code and case law make the California Department of Parks and Recreation immune from liability.

From Los Angeles Times

The great challenge in the troops cases, legal scholars agree, is that they turn on a vague, century-old text with no relevant case law to help define it.

From Los Angeles Times

Written briefs, oral presentations, and published opinions would provide the accounting equivalent of case law, producing a body of precedent to guide auditors, preparers, and users of financial statements.

From Barron's