case law

noun

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Examples: case law in a Sentence

Definition of case law

: law established by judicial decision in cases

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Examples of case law in a Sentence

Case law says that a person has a right to privacy.

Recent Examples of case law from the Web

Affirmative action in higher education has been scrutinized by the highest courts since 1978, and there is a corpus of case law about racial preferences in the workplace going back about as long.

— richard j. reddick, Fortune, "How Undoing Affirmative Action Hurts America's Colleges," 5 July 2018
But the right to represent oneself is equally sacrosanct, said Atlanta defense attorney Don Samuel, who’s authored books on criminal case law.

— bill rankin, ajc, "Her life on the line, Gwinnett woman shuns lawyers in death-penalty case," 28 June 2018
Those trends could change as case law established in the last couple of years has helped more Central Americans show how their stories line up with requirements for asylum.

— kate morrissey, latimes.com, "How likely are asylum-seekers from Central American caravan to win their cases?," 6 May 2018
Versus a constitutionalist that is -- yeah, would actually just uphold the constitution and construe and read the case law.

— Fox News, "Trump, Democrats gear up for Supreme Court showdown," 3 July 2018
The law puts self-defense principles that already exist in Idaho case law and jury instruction into state code.

— gretel kauffman, idahostatesman, "More than 300 new Idaho laws go into effect July 1. Here are the ones you should know.," 25 June 2018
Its response to the recent case law from Turkey indicates that threats by authoritarian and populist leaders may have a similar effect on the court.

— filiz kahraman, Washington Post, "Why Turkey’s human rights violations won’t end up in court," 12 June 2018
Trump's lawyers pointed to case law suggesting Mueller would have to show that investigators were unable to obtain the same information elsewhere before demanding an interview with Trump.

— matt zapotosky, chicagotribune.com, "A president can't obstruct justice? That's not quite right, legal scholars say.," 3 June 2018
Last week, the Department of Education announced that Ms. DeVos will move to rescind or rewrite regulations that exclude religious institutions from receiving federal aid, to adhere to the most recent case law.

— sharon otterman, New York Times, "DeVos Visits New York Schools, but Not Ones Run by the City," 16 May 2018

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