Breaking A Case
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Theexpression by the judges of a court, to one another, of their views of a cuse, in order to ascertain how far they are agreed, and as preliminary to the formal delivery of their opinions. “We are brenking the case, that we may show What is In doubt with any of us.”
Holt, C. J., addressing Dolbin, J., 1 Show. 423,