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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The law as established by decisions of courts, especially appellate courts in published opinions.
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- noun
Law or system of laws established based onjudicial precedent rather than onstatutory laws created bylegislation .
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- noun a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- noun (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
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