Definition of CASEBOOK

casebook

Plural: casebooks

Noun

  • A textbook containing legal cases for study.
  • a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work
  • A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.
  • A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.

Adjective Satellite

  • according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical
    • "a casebook schizophrenic"

Adj

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

Examples

  • The Scrabble dictionary served as his CASEBOOK for obscure valid words.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

textbook

Scrabble Score: 16

casebook: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
casebook: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
casebook: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

casebook: valid Words With Friends Word