leading case
noun[C]
LAWukusaquestionorproblemthat isdecidedin acourtoflaw, which is used as anexampletodecidesimilarcases:
Theleadingcaseonliabilityfornegligentadvice, referred to asnegligentmisstatement, is Hedley Byrne & Co.
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On many of the points it has ever been aleadingcase.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been called theleadingcaseon due process for students in public higher education.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Noleadingcasewas required for its overthrow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This has been known to become aleadingcaseof the elderly to be more adversely affected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An appeal from a decision in a magistrate's court, it is theleadingcaseon the issue of temporary supervening impossibility of performance.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is aleadingcase, and has not been superseded or overturned by subsequent judgements.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By necessity, until further rulings are made, this ruling is theleadingcase.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His sway was for many a league of sea and shore unquestioned, and no "leadingcase" will carry down his memory to budding barristers.
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Health policy, which evokes deeply felt conflicts about values and interests, is aleadingcasein point.
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It is one of the early cases, and is aleadingcaseon these matters.
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