Causes Celebres
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Celebrated cases. A work containing reports of the decisions of interest and importance in French courts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Secondarily a single trini or decision is often called a "cause bslCbre," when it is remarkable on account of the parties involved or the unusual, interesting, or sensational character of the facts.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Celebrated cases. A work containing reports of the decisions of interest and importance in French courts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centiries. Secondarily a single trial or decision is often called a “cause célbre,” when it is remarkable on account of the parties involved, or the unusual, interesting, or sensational character of the facts.