case law

set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent
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case law

Summary

case law is a type of law[1]. It draws 1,107 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_law category, ranking #3 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • case law's instance of is recorded as type of law[3].
  • case law is a type of sources of law[4].
  • case law is a type of collective memory[5].
  • case law is a type of non-statutory law[6].
  • case law is part of legal system[7].
  • case law's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Case law[8].
  • case law's partially coincident with is recorded as casuistic law[9].
  • case law's partially coincident with is recorded as Q141208287[10].
  • case law's has effect is recorded as precedent[11].
  • case law's different from is recorded as jurisprudence[12].
  • case law's studied by is recorded as jurisprudence[13].
  • case law's P14541 is recorded as 2C2KOD[14].

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Definition and Type

case law's instance of is recorded as type of law[3]. Recorded subclass of include sources of law[4], collective memory[5], and non-statutory law[6].

Use and Application

case law is part of legal system[7].

Why It Matters

case law draws 1,107 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_law category, ranking #3 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Épico · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with casuistic law, Q141208287
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1382]]: [[Q141208287]]"
  2. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 2C2KOD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with casuistic law, Q141208287
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Case law
    Has effect precedent
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1703, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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