1. plural of casebook; bound collections of records of legal cases, medical cases, or other professional cases used for reference or study
Usage: commonly used in legal, medical, and academic contexts
2. reference books containing detailed accounts of selected cases with analysis and commentary, used for teaching or professional development
Usage: educational and professional use

Examples

• Law students study casebooks to understand how courts have ruled on similar legal issues.
• The medical school library contains numerous casebooks documenting diagnostic procedures and patient outcomes.
• Detectives reviewed the casebooks from previous investigations to identify patterns in the crimes.
• The attorney consulted several casebooks before preparing her argument for the trial.
• Business schools use casebooks to teach students how to analyze real-world corporate decisions.
• The detective's casebooks contained detailed notes from twenty years of investigations.