"court case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: court cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} court case (plural court cases)
  1. (law) a legal case to be resolved in a court Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal case): 訟案 /讼案 (sòng'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), retssag [common-gender] (Danish), asi (Estonian), 訟案 (shōan) (alt: しょうあん) (Japanese), kesi (Swahili), rättsfall [neuter] (Swedish)

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