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test case

  1. a case that, after its determination, is likely to be used as a precedent
  2. ☆ a case entered into with the intention of testing the constitutionality of a particular law

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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