Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

judge-made

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.91 in modern English

Syllables: judge--made
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.

Derogatory

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Derogatory

Questions

What does judge-made mean?: Created by judges or judicial decision; used especially of law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as to extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc.

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