judge-made

American  

[juhj-meyd] / ˈdʒʌdʒˌmeɪd /

adjective

1. established by a court, as by an application or interpretation of a law that is allegedly contrary to the intentions of the enacting body or by a decision that does not rest on legislation.

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judge-made British  

adjective

1. based on a judge's interpretation or decision (esp in the phrase judge-made law )

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judge-made

O’Scannlain wrote that the September decision was an “inventive, judge-made novelty.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

The human consequences of this judge-made doctrine are staggering.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2021

Tortious interference is judge-made law intended primarily for business disputes.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2021

And just two weeks ago, the same hostility to judge-made remedies was on display in Jesner v.

From Slate ● May 7, 2018

The writer is not of the school that admits there is such a thing as judge-made law, but believes the phrase to be a misnomer, at least in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred.

From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson