test case
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6.1
- noun
- /tɛst keɪs/
- Jargon
:
caso de prueba
- The court's ruling on this test case is expected to influence many similar cases across the country.
- provide a test case
- considered a test case
Examples
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The Indian government views the missile defense technology transfer as a test case in the evolving U.S.-Indian defense relationship.
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Consider a test case, Town of Telluride v. Lot Thirty-Four Venture, L.L.C., 134.
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So at least it's a good test case to see how these accounts come apart, right?
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The Civil War provides another test case for these claims.
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Turkey, in this regard, can be a special test case and offers special opportunities.
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As a result, the situations deemed most important for performance are chosen as test cases.
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A goal is to keep the number of test cases to a manageable level.
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Helen McDade of the John Muir Trust took note: "This is a test case for wild land."
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Iowa was a test case in many ways for a favorable same-sex marriage ruling in 2009.
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Boston lawyer Harvey Silverglate thinks he has a civil liberties test case involving computers.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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3.1
A problem that a court looks at and decides
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4.8
A person or company brings a claim to court to get a legal decision
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5.6
A case one person brings against another in court to get a decision
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9.9
An event used to explain a point and guide a decision
A court case that asks judges to make a clear rule for future cases
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a legal case used to test an issue and set a precedent — is directly compositional from 'test' (trial/assessment) + 'case' (a legal matter), so a learner who knows both words can infer a case that serves as a test. This construction is a straightforward, cross-domain compositional pattern (also used in technical contexts like computing), making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Test case comes from the idea of using one test case to try a legal question and see what a judge decides. Lawyers pick that single case to 'test' the law, and the decision becomes a rule other courts can follow, so test case means a case meant to set a 'precedent'.