"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 (Chinese Mandarin), 讼案 (sòng'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), asi (Estonian), 訟案 (shōan) (alt: しょうあん) (Japanese), rättsfall [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-court_case-en-noun-Kbcou1F~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: law

Inflected forms

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