law case

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Definition of law case in English Turkish dictionary: hukuk davası
case law: davalarda hukuk usulü
case law: kazaî içtihat
case law: içtihat hukuku
case law: geçmişteki hükümlere dayanan hukuk

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Definition of law case in English English dictionary
case law: Law or system of laws established based on judicial precedent rather than on statutory laws created by legislation
case law: The law as determined by previous cases and legal decisions
case law: The aggregate of reported cases as forming a body of jurisprudence, or the law of particular subject as evidenced or formed by the adjudged cases, in distinction to statutes and other sources of law
case law: Legal sayings with modifying clauses often in the ifÃ¤then form: "If this is the situation then this is the penalty"; also called casuistic law, this type of legal formulation contrasts with absolute law See Chapter 3
case law: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
case law: Law made by court cases rather than legislation
case law: The law made by courts interpreting cases and laws instead of law made by legislatures In the American system, the primary sources of law are: 1)constitutions, 2) statutes/regulations, and 3) case law
case law: (Common Law) Refers to the principles of law that have been established by judges in past decisions When similar issues arise again, judges look to the past decisions as precedents and decide the new case in a manner that is consistent with past decisions Also known as stare decisis (Latin term meaning to let the decision stand)
case law: Ccreated by judges when deciding individual cases
case law: Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court
case law: Law established by previous decisions of appellate or district courts See stare decisis in Foreign Words Glossary
case law: the law of the US is essentially made up of two key elements - statutes, which are the legislative rules passed by Congress and State Legislatures and case law which is the interpretation of those rules by the courts and which can be binding upon courts deciding upon similar matters in the future Case law can be many hundreds of years old and still relied upon if the point of law which the case decided was an important one, or it can be overturned almost immediately if a higher court believes that it reflects an incorrect conclusion
case law: Law made by earlier decisions in similar cases
case law: Law based upon judicial decision or precedent rather than statutes
case law: Law based on earlier court decisions
case law: The body of written law established through judicial decisions, instead of legislative action (which establishes statutory law)
case law: Precedent setting judicial opinion,not written down in statutes
case law: Opinions of a court written by a judge These opinions go into a case reporter
case law: The entire collection of published legal decisions of the courts which, because of stare decisis, contributes a large part of the legal rules which apply in modern society If a rule of law cannot be found in written laws, lawyers will often say that it is a rule to be found in "case law" In other words, the rule is not in the statute books but can be found as a principle of law established by a judge in some recorded case The word jurisprudence has become synonymous for case law
case law: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
case law: Law whose principles are derived from court decisions
case law: Legally binding and commonly accepted rules or principles developed over time through the gradual accumulation of rulings by judges These laws are also known as common law
case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts
case law: Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts, particularly the Supreme Court
case law: Decisions issued by a court
case law: Precedents from both civil and criminal court cases
case law: Case law is law that has been established by following decisions made by judges in earlier cases. Law based on judicial decision and precedent rather than on statutes. a type of law that is based on decisions judges have made in the past
case law: application of prior legal judgments in legal proceedings