test case

English

Alternative forms

• testcase (computing)

Noun

test case (plural test cases)

1. (law) A legal action intended to set a precedent.
   • 1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Although these decisions imply acceptance of gay and lesbian parenting, most of the second-parent adoption cases have been brought following "test-case" criteria that maximize the likelihood of judicial acceptance. The couples usually have had long-term monogamous relationships; they are economically stable; there is often direct economic benefit to the child of granting the adoption […] Also, in these cases there is no heterosexual parent or family member challenging custody, so the child will be raised in a lesbian or gay home regardless of the judge's decision.

2. (computing) Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.

Translations

a legal action intended to set a precedent

• German: Testfall (de) m
• Hungarian: próbaper (hu)
• Vietnamese: ca chuẩn, vụ án chuẩn (vi)

set of conditions and variables used to test an application

• Czech: testovací případ m
• German: Testfall (de) m
• Hungarian: teszteset
• Vietnamese: ca kiểm thử, trường hợp kiểm thử

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