Definition of case

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Case (n.) A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments..

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Pettifogger :: Pettifogger (n.) A lawyer who deals in petty cases; an attorney whose methods are mean and tricky; an inferior lawyer.
Casus :: Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..
Demand :: Demand (v. t.) To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care..
Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
Refresher :: Refresher (n.) An extra fee paid to counsel in a case that has been adjourned from one term to another, or that is unusually protracted..
Box :: Box (n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
Komtok :: Komtok (n.) An African freshwater fish (Protopterus annectens), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food..
Genitival :: Genitival (a.) Possessing genitive from; pertaining to, or derived from, the genitive case; as, a genitival adverb..
Moot :: Moot (v. i.) To argue or plead in a supposed case.
Frame :: Frame (n.) A kind of open case or structure made for admitting, inclosing, or supporting things, as that which incloses or contains a window, door, picture, etc.; that on which anything is held or stretched.
Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212ยก Fah
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.
Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Topic :: Topic (n.) One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory..
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
We :: We (obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb..
Case :: Case (n.) Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
Casket :: Casket (n.) A kind of burial case.
Endosporous :: Endosporous (a.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.
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