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caselaw

caselaw is the alternative form of case law.

Meaning of case law

Noun

case law (countable and uncountable, plural case laws)

  1. Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.

Forms of caselaw

pluralcaselaws

Questions about caselaw

What is caselaw the alternative form of?
Caselaw is the alternative form of case law.

Words near caselaw in the dictionary

  1. caseinolysis
  2. caseinolytic
  3. caseins
  4. casekeeper
  5. casekeepers
  6. caselaw
  7. caselaws
  8. caseless
  9. caselessly
  10. caselessness
  11. caselike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caselaw (page history and authors); case law (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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