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It Depends On Precedents Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CASELAW which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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noun

• a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

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

29%8It has precedents
noun

• a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work

adjective satellite

• according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

29%5 Legal precedents
noun

• an occurrence of something

• a special set of circumstances

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• the actual state of things

• a portable container for carrying several objects

• a person requiring professional services

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a problem requiring investigation

• a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument

• the quantity contained in a case

• nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

• a specific state of mind that is temporary

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• a specific size and style of type within a type family

• an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

• the housing or outer covering of something

• the enclosing frame around a door or window opening

• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers

• bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow

• a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

verb

• look over, usually with the intention to rob

• enclose in, or as if in, a case

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