Legal principles enunciated and embodied in judicial decisions that are derived from the application of particular areas of law to the facts of individual cases.
As opposed to statutesegislative acts that proscribe certain conduct by demanding or prohibiting something or that declare the legality of particular actsase law is a dynamic and constantly developing body of law. Each case contains a portion wherein the facts of the controversy are set forth as well as the holding and dictan explanation of how the judge arrived at a particular...
Source: West's Encyclopedia of American Law, ©2005 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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