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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Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2021

The century-old Sherman and Clayton acts are remarkably spare and concise statutes, which has meant that most antitrust law has been judge-made, based on the precedents laid down in individual cases.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2020

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

From Slate • May 7, 2018

In practice jurist-made and judge-made law have been molded consciously, or unconsciously, by ideas as to what law is for; by theories as to the end of law.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe