Definition of case

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Case (n.) An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case..

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Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant..
Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
Trophy :: Trophy (n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people..
Sort :: Sort (n.) Letters, figures, points, marks, spaces, or quadrats, belonging to a case, separately considered..
Malpractice :: Malpractice (n.) Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results..
Chromatism :: Chromatism (n.) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens..
Archivolt :: Archivolt (n.) The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening..
Frim :: Frim (a.) Flourishing; thriving; fresh; in good case; vigorous.
Lactarene :: Lactarene (n.) A preparation of casein from milk, used in printing calico..
Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports..
Ionic :: Ionic (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic..
Sheath-winged :: Sheath-winged (a.) Having elytra, or wing cases, as a beetle..
Award :: Award (v. t.) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted..
Oosporangium :: Oosporangium (n.) An oogonium; also, a case containing oval or rounded spores of some other kind than oospores..
Remanet :: Remanet (n.) A case for trial which can not be tried during the term; a postponed case.
Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..
Valise :: Valise (n.) A small sack or case, usually of leather, but sometimes of other material, for containing the clothes, toilet articles, etc., of a traveler; a traveling bag; a portmanteau..
Thyself :: Thyself (pron.) An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case..
Government :: Government (n.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case..
Caseworm :: Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.
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