TEST CASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does test case mean? 

• TEST CASE (noun)
  The noun TEST CASE has 1 sense:

1. a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent

  Familiarity information: TEST CASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEST CASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

test case; test suit

Hypernyms ("test case" is a kind of...):

action; action at law; legal action (a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)