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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

It was a bit of a special case here for Canadian tourist Alexander Hennessey.
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Using the line to describe a Jennifer Hudson performance, however, is a special case.
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Margins fluctuate in every market, and there's no reason for farmers to be treated as a special case.
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But a neurological disorder appears to be just a special case of physical events giving rise to thoughts and actions.
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As supporters of the bill point out, Arizona was a special case among states.
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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.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
The sum required for an East End case is 5l.; for a special case, 10l.
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So a smaller body of men was summoned to attend to any special case which was presented by the Grand Inquest.
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