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Meaning of judge-made | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

derogatory, not-comparable, sometimes

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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