special term

American  

noun

Law.

1. the sitting of a court for the trial of a special case.

2. the sitting of a court at an extraordinary time.

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Example Sentences

Pastor Valdinei uses a special term for what he sees happening in Brazil - conspirituality.

From BBC

China has a special term for companies like Evergrande: “gray rhinos,” so large and so entangled in the country’s financial system that the government has an interest in their survival.

From New York Times

For President Trump, “loser” is a special term of derision.

From Washington Post

But in Latvia there’s no special term for it.

From The Guardian

So common are cases of people dying from overwork in Japan that the country has a special term for it, karoshi.

From The Guardian