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Noun case law has 2 senses
- common law, case law, precedent - 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"
--1 is a kind of law, jurisprudence
- case law, precedent, common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
--2 is a kind of civil law
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