casebook — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A kind of book, used in law schools, containing the text of court opinions in legal cases accompanied by analysis and related materials.

   Usage

   • US usage

2. A collection of stories or accounts that can individually be described as cases.

Adjective

1. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon; a textbook example.

   Usage

   • Figurative
   • Uncommon

   Examples

   Her shrink had told her that her own father, as she'd describe him, was practically a casebook example of an anal retentive.

Adjective

1. according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical

   Synonyms

   textbook

   Examples

   a casebook schizophrenic

   a textbook example

Noun

1. a book in which detailed written records of a case are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work

   Broader terms

   written recordwritten account