Case Law
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The law evidenced by or derived.from the reported decisions. The law established by the force of such decisions as precedents, as distinguished from the reasons or philosophy of the law.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The law as laid down in the decisions of the courts.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The body of law created by judicial decisions, as dlstingui i law derived from statutory and irees. See Precedents; Stare Decisis.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A professional name for the aggregate of reported cases as forming a body of jurisprudence; or for the law of a particular subject as evidenced or formed by the adjudged cases; in distinction to statutes and other sources of law.