Definition of case

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Case (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case..

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History :: History (n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill..
Crate :: Crate (n.) A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit..
Parallel :: Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars; applicable in all essential parts; like; similar; as, a parallel case; a parallel passage..
Adjudge :: Adjudge (v. t.) To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor..
Incasement :: Incasement (n.) The act or process of inclosing with a case, or the state of being incased..
Caseation :: Caseation (n.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
Instrumental :: Instrumental (a.) Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms..
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Valise :: Valise (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau..
Diurnation :: Diurnation (n.) The condition of sleeping or becoming dormant by day, as is the case of the bats..
Wellhole :: Wellhole (n.) The open space in a floor, to accommodate a staircase..
Standpipe :: Standish (n.) A stand, or case, for pen and ink..
Gyrostat :: Gyrostat (n.) A modification of the gyroscope, consisting essentially of a fly wheel fixed inside a rigid case to which is attached a thin flange of metal for supporting the instrument. It is used in studying the dynamics of rotating bodies..
Aptote :: Aptote (n.) A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
Guaranty :: Guaranty (n.) In law and common usage: To undertake or engage that another person shall perform (what he has stipulated); to undertake to be answerable for (the debt or default of another); to engage to answer for the performance of (some promise or duty by another) in case of a failure by the latter to perform; to undertake to secure (something) to another, as in the case of a contingency. See Guarantee, v. t..
Scire Facias :: Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated..
Sporadical :: Sporadic (a.) Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower..
Shard-borne :: Shard-borne (a.) Borne on shards or scaly wing cases.
Leg :: Leg (n.) The case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..
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