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noun

law a statement of the facts of a case prepared by one court for the opinion or judgment of another courtAlso called: stated case

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Example sentences from the Web for case stated

Certain features of its history suggest why this may be the case.
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And, in the case of fluoride, at least, that doubt might actually be justified.
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Her latest book, Heretic: The Case for a Muslim Reformation, will be published in April by HarperCollins.
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Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
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A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
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In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Sometimes in the case of large plants, cones have been known to occur on the tips of the branches of the Marsh Horsetail.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.
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Thus was the man left entirely to the devil, not even his life being reserved, as in the case of Job.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway

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