casebook
noun
case·book
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Definition of casebook
1
: a book containing records of illustrative cases that is used for reference and instruction (as in law or medicine)
2
: a compilation of primary and secondary documents relating to a central topic together with scholarly comment, exercises, and study aids that is designed to serve as a sourcebook for short papers (as in a writing course) or as a point of departure for a research paper
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Quadrennial curling blindness is like something out of an Oliver Sacks casebook. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "Critic's Notebook: Adam Rippon and Shaun White Illustrate NBC's Winter Olympics Coverage Challenges," 14 Feb. 2018 His first published work came in the form of a casebook based on the popular Avengers superteam in 1999. — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, "Twinsburg writer fights the good fight with Marvel Comics video game," 26 Jan. 2018 Keenan’s separate opinion added a third statutory argument straight out of second-year administrative law casebooks. — Garrett Epps, The Atlantic, "Trump's Travel Ban Is Headed for a Supreme Court Showdown," 28 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'casebook.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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