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casebook

noun

  1. reference book of legal cases
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/

adj

Etymology: From case + book. First use appears c. 1675.

  1. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon; a textbook example.

    Her shrink had told her that her own father, as she'd describe him, was practically a casebook example of an anal retentive.

noun

Etymology: From case + book. First use appears c. 1675.

  1. A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
  2. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.