case law Synonyms

common law judge-made law decisional law precedent adjudicative law adjudicated law legal precedence law of a country jurisprudence of the tribunals jurisprudence of the courts judicial precept judicial precedent anglo-american law authoritative precedent controlling precedent codified law civil law system case reference case precedent british legal system binding precedent binding authority judgment reference english system of laws constitution jurisprudence law precedented civil law citation precedential law adversarial system persuasive precedent unwritten law Court decision customary law judicial practice decisions written by courts law established by judicial decision past legal decisions direct precedent code