Synonyms for case law
case law

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1. case lawnoun

   Synonyms:
   common law, decisional law, precedential law

2. case lawnoun

   Law or system of laws established based on judicial precedent rather than on statutory laws created by legislation.

   Synonyms:
   decisional law, common law, precedential law

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1. common law, case law, precedentnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   case in point, precedent, common law

2. case law, precedent, common lawnoun

   (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

   Synonyms:
   case in point, precedent, common law

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1. Michelle Fiscus:

   A recipient of that memo was upset that, according to Tennessee Supreme Court case law, minors ages 14-17 years are able to receive medical care in Tennessee without parental consent and posted the memo to social media, within days, legislators were contacting TDH( Tennessee Department of Health) asking questions about the memo with some interpreting it as an attempt to undermine parental authority. Let me be clear : this was an informational memo containing language approved by the TDH Office of General Counsel which was sent to medical providers by the medical director of the state's immunization program regarding the guardrails set 34 years ago by Tennessee Supreme Court around providing care to minors.

2. Brad Shear:

   Under current case law, he has no case, under New York law, you better put your blinds down. He’s lucky he wasn’t standing there buck naked.

3. Marco Rubio:

   It is the current law. I don't believe any case law is settled law, any future Supreme Court can change it. And ultimately, I will appoint Supreme Court justices that will interpret the Constitution as originally constructed.

4. Kermit Victor Lipez:

   The First Amendment issue here is, as the parties frame it, fairly narrow: is there a constitutionally protected right to videotape police carrying out their duties in public? Basic First Amendment principles, along with case law from this and other circuits, answer that question unambiguously in the affirmative.

5. Sarah Fox:

   It's not a very coherent line of case law, but that's the official stance, there's a lot of legal uncertainty.