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(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..
The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been.
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Judge-made means (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..
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The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been.
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