casebook

American  

[keys-book] / ˈkeɪsˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book in which detailed records of a case are kept and from which illustrative material can be taken in the presentation of a thesis, lecture, or the like.

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casebook British  

/ ˈkeɪsˌbʊk /

noun

1. a book in which records of legal or medical cases are kept

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Etymology

Origin of casebook

First recorded in 1755–65; case ¹ + book

Example Sentences

"A casebook? Only students use those. The Federal Reporter? No one calls that a 'book.' A John Grisham novel?"

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2022

Some three years later, the Superfund program has been a casebook example of “watch what we do, not what we say.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2020

A sort of casebook, it assembles material from all the participants in the turmoil, including Elizabeth Hardwick, whose letters from this period appear in full for the first time.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

Dr Golf’s casebook is bursting at the seams!

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2019

Mink and red herring: the wayward pressman's casebook.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office