case and point

English

Noun

case and point

1. Misconstruction of case in point
   • 1948, The American Archivist, page 39:

     A good case and point is in our own State of Delaware.

   • 1997, Romand Coles, Rethinking Generosity: Critical Theory and the Politics of Caritas, page 36:

     The oscillating strategies of annihilation, exclusionary containment, and assimilation with respect to Native Americans provide but one very poignant case and point.

   • 2003, Monica J. Casper, Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life, page 222:

     Information dissemination about the destruction of the Khamisiyah munitions depot in Iraq is a case and point.

See also

• one in the same