💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Precedential law"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| decisional lawnoun | Synonym of common law. |
| precedentnoun | An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. |
| english and welsh lawnoun | (UK, law) Synonym of English law (“common law legal system of England and Wales”). |
| precedencenoun | The state of preceding in importance or priority. |
| common lawnoun | (law) Legal system mainly in England and its former colonies with a heavy emphasis on judge-made law, doctrines deduced by casuistry rather than from general principles, and law distributed among judicial decisions rather than codified statutes (as opposed to civil law). |
| charter courtnoun | (colloquial) Synonym of constitutional court. |
| stare decisisnoun | (law) The principle of following judicial precedent. |
| persuasive precedentnoun | (law) A precedent set in a court that has no precedence over another but whose decisions are considered to be sufficiently useful that they may be used, although they are not binding until used by a superior court. |
| leading casenoun | (chiefly UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. |
| black-letter lawnoun | (law) The law as a set of specific concrete rules set down by longstanding precedents. |
| consuetudinarynoun | An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity. |
| english lawnoun | The common law legal system of England and Wales, supplemented in Wales by Welsh law. |
| caselawnoun | Alternative form of case law. [Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation.] |
| delegated legislationnoun | (law) Synonym of secondary legislation. |
| good lawnoun | (law) A legal statute, regulation, or judicial decision that is considered still valid and applicable. |
| case lawnoun | Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute and other legislation. |
| customnoun | Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving. |
| preordinancenoun | Antecedent decree or determination; a rule previously established. |
| trite lawnoun | Laws that are obvious or common knowledge. |
| court casenoun | (law) a legal case to be resolved in a court |
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