(chiefly, _, UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
(chiefly, _, UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(chiefly, _, US, law) A reported decision regarded to be binding precedent in law on the question involved.
(chiefly, UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
(US, law) A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
(chiefly, US, legal) Referring to a judgment, decision, or ruling of a court whose decision rests upon the law as it applies to the particular evidence and facts presented in the case.
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Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.