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judge-made

judge-made adjective: created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.

Adjective

judge-made (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) Created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.
    • The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been.1904, Frederick Pollock, The Expansion of the Common Law

judge-made meaning in Tamil

judge-made in Tamil

நடுவர்களால் இயற்றப்பட்ட, நீதிமன்றத்தீர்ப்பினால் தோற்றுவிக்கப்பட்ட

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Questions about judge-made

What does judge-made mean?
Judge-made means created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.
What is judge-made in Tamil?
Judge-made in Tamil is நடுவர்களால் இயற்றப்பட்ட, நீதிமன்றத்தீர்ப்பினால் தோற்றுவிக்கப்பட்ட. See Judge-made meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is judge-made?
Judge-made is an adjective.

Words near judge-made in the dictionary

  1. judge not, that ye be not judged
  2. judge not, that you be not judged
  3. judge of fact
  4. judge's pen
  5. judge, jury and executioner
  6. judge-made
  7. judge-made law
  8. judge-rapporteur
  9. judgeability
  10. judgeable
  11. judgecraft

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