Meaning of good law | Babel Free

Definitions

A legal statute, regulation, or judicial decision that is considered still valid and applicable.

uncountable

Examples

“After the criminal code came into force, the old common law offences are replaced and no longer good law.”

“Verify that your cases are good law.”

“How can you be sure that these cases are good law? How do you know that these cases have not been overruled or reversed?”

“It has been strongly suggested, however, that the cited cases may no longer reflect good law, particularly when considered in light of the 1984 changes to Section 707(a) governing certain transactions between a partner and a partnership.”

“Judges were often stymied in settling cases because both parties could cite good law.”

“Both cases are good law, and if here, the husband were dead, and the title remained in the wife, and the bond was sought to be enforced against her, it would be held invalid.”

CEFR level