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(noun) lawsuit, causa, cause, suit
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
the family brought suit against the landlord
(noun) showcase, vitrine, display case
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
(noun) pillow slip, pillowcase, slip
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
(noun) compositor's case, typesetter's case
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
(noun) casing
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced
the housing or outer covering of something
the clock has a walnut case
(noun) sheath
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
(noun) grammatical case
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
(noun) typeface, face, font, fount
a specific size and style of type within a type family
an occurrence of something
it was a case of bad judgment; another instance occurred yesterday; but there is always the famous example of the Smiths
(noun) character, eccentric, type
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
a real character; a strange character; a friendly eccentric; the capable type; a mental case
(noun) subject, guinea pig
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly; the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
(noun) caseful
the quantity contained in a case
(noun) event
a special set of circumstances
in that event, the first possibility is excluded; it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
enclose in, or as if in, a case
my feet were encased in mud