Case
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
A suit or action; a cause. The Lat. casus had formerly the same meaning. Bract fol.
301 b.
A case, in the sense of the constitution of the United States, (Art. III. Sect. II.) is a suit in law or equity, and arises when some subject, touching the constitution, laws or treaties of the United States, is submitted to the courts by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law.
3 Story an Const. 507. See 9 Wheaton's B. 819. 9 Peters' R, 224.