"as the case may be" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "ref": "2007, Ganapathy Palanithurai, A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu), page 100",
          "text": "The Inspector shall convene a special meeting of the district panchayat or panchayat union council or village panchayat, as the case may be, and place the resignation notice for information within fifteen days from the date of receipt of resignation notice before the district panchayat or panchayat union council or village panchayat as the case may be.",
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        "As is appropriate to the circumstances; particularly where a choice must be made between two options."
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        {
          "word": "so be it"
        },
        {
          "word": "whatever the case may be"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "nasgiya yinulistanv",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "不管是什麼情況"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùguǎn shì shénme qíngkuàng",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "不管是什么情况"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "tapauksen mukaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "tapauksesta riippuen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "le cas échéant"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
          "word": "selon le cas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "as the case may be"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "so be it"
    },
    {
      "word": "whatever the case may be"
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          "ref": "2007, Ganapathy Palanithurai, A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu), page 100",
          "text": "The Inspector shall convene a special meeting of the district panchayat or panchayat union council or village panchayat, as the case may be, and place the resignation notice for information within fifteen days from the date of receipt of resignation notice before the district panchayat or panchayat union council or village panchayat as the case may be.",
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        "As is appropriate to the circumstances; particularly where a choice must be made between two options."
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    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "nasgiya yinulistanv",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏱᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "不管是什麼情況"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùguǎn shì shénme qíngkuàng",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "不管是什么情况"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "tapauksen mukaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "tapauksesta riippuen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "le cas échéant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "as in appropriate to the circumstances",
      "word": "selon le cas"
    }
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  "word": "as the case may be"
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