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Meaning of judge-made law

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

judge-made

adjective

Definitions

  1. (sometimes derogatory) Created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.