judge-made

[ juhj-meyd ]

adjective

1. established by a court, as by an application or interpretation of a law that is allegedly contrary to the intentions of the enacting body or by a decision that does not rest on legislation.

judge-made

adjective

1. based on a judge's interpretation or decision (esp in the phrase judge-made law )

Example Sentences

Courts have held that all government officials may seek qualified immunity, a judge-made doctrine that shields its recipients from civil consequences.

From Slate

In a passage that must have made the liberal justices proud, Barrett continued: “Relying exclusively on history and tradition may seem like a way of avoiding judge-made tests. But a rule rendering tradition dispositive is itself a judge-made test. And I do not see a good reason to resolve this case using that approach rather than by adopting a generally applicable principle.”

From Slate

Thus, unlike most of tort law, wrongful death cases depend on statutory interpretation rather than on judge-made, common law evolution.

From Slate

Such “judge-made rules governing who can sit and sleep where,” Bress wrote, will have negative effects not just at the state and city levels, but “block by block, building by building, doorway by doorway.”

From Los Angeles Times

O’Scannlain wrote that the September decision was an “inventive, judge-made novelty.”

From Los Angeles Times