leading case

English

Noun

leading case (plural leading cases)

(law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
- 1857, Austin Abbott, Reports of Practice Cases:
  It is remarkable , that in the leading case cited as the foundation of the whole doctrine

See also

precedent

References

“leading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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