casebook

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/ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/

noun

A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.

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Meanings

nouncasebook (plural casebooks)

plural casebooks · alternative case-book · alternative case book

  1. USlawA 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.
adjectivecasebook (comparative more casebook, superlative most casebook)

comparative more casebook · superlative most casebook · alternative case-book · alternative case book

  1. figurativelyuncommonHaving 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.

    1977, Cyra McFadden, The Serial, A Year in the Life of Marin County, page 70

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveaccording to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bookcase
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APA

casebook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casebook

MLA

“casebook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casebook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “casebook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/casebook.

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