leading case
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
leading case (plural leading cases)
- (law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
- 1857, Austin Abbott, Reports of Practice Cases:
- It is remarkable , that in the leading case cited as the foundation of the whole doctrine
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References[edit]
- “leading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.