Term: case law: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Candidate hypernym: civil law: the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation → 1
Candidate hypernym: petroleum: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons → 0
Candidate hypernym: experimental psychology: the branch of psychology that uses experimental methods to study psychological issues → 0
Candidate hypernym: automatism: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy) → 0
Candidate hypernym: cellulose triacetate: cellulose acetate that is relatively slow to burn; used instead of celluloid for motion-picture film → 0
Candidate hypernym: worthwhileness: value sufficient to repay time or effort spent → 0
Candidate hypernym: counter: (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) → 0
Candidate hypernym: browse: the act of feeding by continual nibbling → 0
Candidate hypernym: enzymology: the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes → 0
Candidate hypernym: green hellebore: deciduous plant with large deep green pedate leaves and nodding saucer-shaped green flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: proximity: the region close around a person or thing → 0