legal case
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A legal case is a dispute brought before a court for resolution.
The term covers both civil matters between parties and criminal prosecutions by the state.
Lawyers take cases, judges hear cases, and courts decide cases.
A case may also refer to the body of evidence and arguments supporting one side: The prosecution has a strong case.
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- defendantParty facing charges
- trialJudicial examination of claims
opening statement · prosecution · landmark cases · landmark ruling · civil litigation · cause of action · burden of proof · due process · oral arguments · testimony · expert witness · jury · hung jury · judgment · courtroom · Scopes Trial · deposition · attorney
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- case studiesclinical study, field study, pilot study, success story, failure analysis
- casebookcase, briefcase, lowercase, suitcase, uppercase
legal casearbitration
Non-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · out-of-court settlement · ADR · negotiated settlement · binding arbitration
legal casegentleman's agreement
Informal pact based on trust
letting it go · forgive and forget · vigilante justice · agreeing to disagree
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