special case


noun
  1. law an agreed written statement of facts submitted by litigants to a court for a decision on a point of law

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How to use special case in a sentence

  • If several causes produce the same effect, some other methods must be used to determine the cause operating in this special case.

    English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
  • No person has, he said, "a right to judge a special case without positive data on the nature of the fact."

    The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
  • The applicability of these remarks to the special case under consideration, cannot admit of question.

  • The sum required for an East End case is 5l.; for a special case, 10l.

    Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
  • So a smaller body of men was summoned to attend to any special case which was presented by the Grand Inquest.