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case law

NOUN
precedental law
Synonyms
WEAK
common law non-statutory law precedent

Example Sentences

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And I can say there’s not a lot of case law on this issue.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Immediately afterwards, legal experts questioned whether there is the case law to back this up.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2025

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 • Nov. 23, 2025

In fact, there was no case law cited in the entire order:

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson