Judge"-made`, a. Created by judges
or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by
the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their
scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.,
and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation
considered as doing this.
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.
Sir Frederick Pollock.
Judge"-made`, a. Created by judges
or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by
the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their
scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.,
and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation
considered as doing this.
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.
Sir Frederick Pollock.
