Case
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
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V. Action upon the case. Trespass on, the case.
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An action or suit at law. Case agreed or stated: a statement of the facts agreed on by the parties, or by another court, and submitted to the court without trial for decision of a point of law. So, case reserved, or made, special case, where points of law are reserved by the judge or parties for the decision of the court in banc, and a nonsuit or verdict is given subject to such decision.