casebook

noun
/ˈkeɪsˌbʊk/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *bōks
  2. inherited from *bōk
  3. inherited from bōc
  4. inherited from bok
  5. compounded as casebook — “case + book

Definitions

  1. A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases…

    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.

  3. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon

    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.

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