: the number of cases handled (as by a court or clinic) usually in a particular period
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We have a heavy caseload today.
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Many crime victim service providers have been forced to cut services, eliminate staff and reduce caseloads.
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Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
No system to count on Fanning’s own caseload is 17 kids, ages 14 to 19.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
And if the Supreme Court decides to bring us back to the spoils system, Congress should take the next logical step and give the federal judiciary jurisdiction over immigration cases, appointing new federal judges to handle the caseload.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
Within states, certain courts carry particularly heavy caseloads—for example, the court in Miami has a backlog of 311,291 cases.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
No system to count on Fanning’s own caseload is 17 kids, ages 14 to 19.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Dec. 2025
And if the Supreme Court decides to bring us back to the spoils system, Congress should take the next logical step and give the federal judiciary jurisdiction over immigration cases, appointing new federal judges to handle the caseload.
—Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
Within states, certain courts carry particularly heavy caseloads—for example, the court in Miami has a backlog of 311,291 cases.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Caseload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caseload. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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caseload
noun
case·load
ˈkās-ˌlōd 
: the number of cases handled (as by a court or a lawyer) often in a particular period
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