special case

British

noun

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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special case

She added she was not looking for a "special case" for her son, but wanted the killers of all emergency workers to be exempt from the early release scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

"But this turned into a special case that required focused efforts and expertise of several different individuals. This was a complex mystery that required morphological, genetic, deep-sea and bioinformatics expertise to solve."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

SpaceX is proving to be a special case, though, with a top-10 U.S. stock market valuation right out of the gate.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

But Texas is a special case — and Talarico could prove a singular candidate.

From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2026

The graphic arts form a special case of their own.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

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