caselaw
判例法。議会による成文法ではなく、裁判所における判決(判例)によって作られた法体系。case lawとも書く。関連語:common law
The law to be found in the collection of reported cases that form all or part of the body of law within a given jurisdiction. Also written case law; caselaw. --- Also termed decisional law; adjudicative law; jurisprudence; organic law.
“caselaw”. Black’s Law Dictionary. Thomson Reuters, 10th ed., 2014, p.259.