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case law

NOUN
precedental law
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“AI can already read contracts, summarize case law, draft briefs, and do legal research.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Rulemaking is intricate work, they said, requiring expertise in the subject at hand as well as in existing statutes, regulations and case law.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

Normally, Colorado case law takes a relatively capacious view of how a crime’s “gravity” should be measured.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

Robertson said there is case law that holds that a public entity is liable for a “dangerous condition” allowed to exist on its property that causes a fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

And at this point no case law has fully clarified whether you own or have the right to control your tissues.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot