If a judge bases his or her final decision on existing law, it is an example of common law; what is the decision called that a judge arrives at from a case with unique circumstances?

A judge’s decision in a particular case is called a judgment. The case’s unique circumstances may affect how the judge applies existing law, but they do not make the decision a new law or a different kind of law. Therefore, “a judgment” is correct.

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