| case | a metal blade with a handle |
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| case | (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions |
| case | a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws |
| case | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| case | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
| case | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
| case | a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure |
| case | separate and distinct from others of the same kind |
| case | used of persons |
| case | steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal |
| case | become cheeselike, of necrotic tissue |
| case | turn into cheese, of milk |