What is Legal case?
A '''legal case''' is a [[dispute]] between two [[Party (law)|parties]] that is resolved by a [[court]] or other [[legal process]]. A legal case may be either [[Civil law|civil]] or [[Criminal law|criminal]]. The decision of a court is usually [[Publishing|published]] in one form or another for later [[wikt:reference|reference]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ |title=Cases and Codes |author= |work=FindLaw |accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> In [[countries]] like the [[United States]] which have a [[common law]] system, decisions by a higher court are [[wikt:bind|bind]]ing on lower courts when the facts and issues are similar. [[Stare decisis]], or the concept of [[Legal precedent|precedent]], means to follow cases that were decided earlier when [[judge|judging]] the current case.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/case+law |title=Case Law |author= |website=The Free Dictionary |publisher=Farlex |accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Law]]