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Definition: Case |
CaseNoun1. (law) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord". 2. An occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths". 3. A special set of circumstances; "in that event, the first possibility is excluded"; "it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled". 4. A problem requiring investigation; "Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir". 5. The actual state of things; "that was not the case". 6. A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument; "he stated his case clearly". 7. A portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage". 8. A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation; "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities". 9. A person requiring professional services; "a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor". 10. : the quantity contained in a case. 11. : a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home. 12. : a specific state of mind that is temporary; "a case of the jitters". 13. : nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. 14. : the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case". 15. : a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities); "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case". 16. : an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part. 17. : the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced". 18. : bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow; "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase". Verb1. Look over, usually with the intention to rob; "They men cased the housed". 2. Enclose in, or as if in, a case "my feet were encased in mud.". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "case" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Etymology: Case \Case\ (k[=a]s), noun. [Old French casse, French caisse (compare to Italian cassa), from Latin capsa chest, box, case, from capere to take, hold. See Capacious, and compare to 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | CASE 1. Computer Aided Software Engineering. 2. Common Application Service Element. case 1. |
Census | (Computer Aided Software Engineering) The use of software packages that aid in developing all phases of an information system including analysis, design, and programming. (references) |
Chemistry | A metal plate to which is attached a layer of wax to serve as a matrix. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The external covering of insulating material of a dry cell, closed at the bottom. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The outer part of an encapsulation, often provided with means for fixing it to a heat sink. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The elements are placed in cells in the battery --. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Engineering & Technology | In domestic commerce, -- usually refers to a box made from corrugated or solid fibreboard, wood or metal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Language | A grammatical categorie of a noun, or similarly inflected word such as a pronoun or adjective, indicating its relationship to other words in a sentence. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A statement of facts involving a question for discussion or decision; as, the lawyer for the defendant stated the --. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Case (To). To skin an animal. In the Cookery by Mrs. Glasse is the direction, "Take your hare when it is cased, ... and make a pudding ..." The witticism, "First catch your hare," may possibly have been suggested by this direction, but it is not in the Art of Cookery made Plain and Easy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | The essential parts of a centrifugal pump are a rotating member with blades or vanes and a -- surrounding it. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A rigid enclosure containing moving machine parts. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Mining | A. A small fissure, admitting water into the mine workings. b. One of the frames, of four pieces of plank each, placed side by side to form a continuous lining in galleries run in loose earth c. To line a borehole with steel tubing, such as casing or pipe. Syn:case in d. In a ferrous alloy, the outer portion that has been made harder thanthe inner portion, or core, by casehardening. (references) |
Publishing & Graphic Arts | Outside of a document in a material suitable for its protection. Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | CASE. A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well as a dwelling house. Tout that case; mark or observe that house. It is all bob, now let's dub the gig of the case; now the coast is clear, let us brea. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Case can mean :
Notable persons by the name Case:
- computer hardware chassis
- computer-aided software engineering
- noun case (in morphology)
- a situation handled in mathematical induction or recursion
- the distinction between majuscule and minuscule letters (see Case (orthography))
- a term of jurisprudence, referring to the evidence against a defendant or suspect
- Steve Case, head of AOL Time Warner
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CASE: Acronym for computer-aided software engineering, computer-aided systems engineering. Software used for the automated development of systems software, i.e. , computer code.Note 1: CASE functions include analysis, design, and programming.
Note 2: CASE tools automate methods for designing, documenting, and producing structured computer code in the desired programming language. Typical CASE tools are:
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
- Configuration management tools including revision control
- UML editors and the like
- Refactoring tools
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In orthography and typography, case is the distinction between majuscule (capital, uppercase) and minuscule (lowercase) letters. Only alphabetic writing systems have case, and not all of them. Examples are the modern Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, and Armenian alphabets.If an alphabet has case, all or nearly all letters have both a majuscule and minuscule form. Both forms in each pair are considered to be the same letter: they have the same name, same pronunciation, and will be treated identically when sorting in alphabetical order. Languages have capitalisation rules to determine whether majuscules or minuscules are to be used in a given context.
An example of a letter without both forms is the German ß (ess-tsett), which exists only in minuscule. When capitalized it becomes two letters, "SS". This is because ß was originally a ligature of the two letters "ſs", both of which become "S" when capitalized. It evolved into a letter in its own right. (ß is occasionally referred to as a ligature of "sz", which recalls the way this consonant was pronounced in some medieval German dialects. The original pronunciation and the spelling "sz" are preserved in Hungarian.)
The distinction between hiragana and katakana in Japanese is similar to, but not the same as, case. The hiragana and katakana for the same sound are not considered two forms of the same letter. If a word is written with hiragana, it is not normally considered correct to write it with katakana, and vice versa.
The term case derives from early printers' jargon. The individual type blocks used in hand typesetting are stored in wooden or metal cases, sorted by letter. For an alphabet that uses majuscules and minuscules, typesetters need two cases at hand, one for each form. Historically, these were placed one above another on a rack on the typesetter's desk. The upper case contained majuscules, the lower case had the minuscules.
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In linguistics, declension is a feature of inflected languages: the changing of a noun to indicate its grammatical role. This is seen, for example, in Latin. In English language, the same task is now accomplished with word order, though a few remnants of an older declined form of English still exist (e.g. the words "who" and "whom").
In inflected languages, nouns are said to decline into different forms, or morphological cases. Morphological cases are one way of indicating grammatical case; other ways are listed below.
Languages are categorized into several case systems, based on how they group verb agents and patients into cases:
The following are systems that some languages use to mark case instead of, or in addition to, declension:
- Nominative-accusative: The agent of a verb is always in the nominative case. The patient, if one is specified, is in the accusative case.
- Ergative-absolutive: The patient of a verb is always in the absolutive case. The agent, if one is specified, is in the ergative case.
- Active: The agent of a verb is always in the subject case, and the patient is always in the object case. The case does not depend on whether a verb is used in a transitive or intransitive form.
- Trigger: One noun in a sentence is the topic or focus. This noun is in the trigger case, and information elsewhere in the sentence (e.g. a verb affix in Tagalog) specifies the role of the trigger. The trigger may be identified as the agent, patient, etc. Other nouns may be inflected for case, but the inflections are overloaded; for example, in Tagalog, the subject and object of a verb are both expressed in the genitive case when they are not in the trigger case.
See Nominative case, Accusative case, Dative case, Ergative case, Absolutive case, Genitive case, Vocative case, Partitive case, Inessive case, Elative case, Illative case, Adessive case, Allative case, Ablative case, Essive case, Translative case, Instructive case, Abessive case, Comitative case, Prolative case, Locative case, Possessive case, Instrumental case.
- Positional: Nouns are not inflected for case; the position of a noun in the sentence expresses its case.
- Prepositional/postpositional: Nouns are accompanied by words that mark case, but the noun itself is not modified.
Some languages have more than 20 cases. For an example of a language that uses a large number of cases, view the "Cases" section in the Finnish language grammar article.
Some languages have different declension for different classes of nouns, e.g. persons, animals, things.
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Please see the legal disclaimer if you are looking for legal advice. This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
1790-1819
- Chisholm v. Georgia February 19, 1793: first "major" case
- Marbury v. Madison February 24, 1803: judicial review
- Fletcher v. Peck March 16, 1810: property rights
- Martin v. Hunter's Lessee March 20, 1816: Loyalist property forfeiture
- McCulloch v. Maryland March 6, 1819
- Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward February 25, 1819
1820-1839
- Cohens v. Virginia 1821
- Gibbons v. Ogden 1824
- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 1831: Indian nations as foreign states
- Worcester v. Georgia 1832: Indian removal
- Barron v. Baltimore 1833
1840-1859
- Prigg v. Pennsylvania 1842: runaway slaves
- Souther v. Virginia 1850
- Dred Scott v. Sandford 1857: slavery, citizenship
1860-1879
- Ex Parte Merriman 1861
- Ex Parte Milligan 1866: habeas corpus, military tribunals
- Ex Parte Garland 1866
- Regina v. Hicklin 1868: attorney-client privilege, "work product"
- Ex Parte McCardle 1869
- United States v. Klein 1871
- Slaughterhouse Cases 1872: freedom of employment
- Bradwell v. Illinois 1873: equal protection, excluding women from employment
- United States v. Cruikshank 1875: The First and Second Amendment do not apply to the States, despite the Fourteenth Amendment
- Munn v. Illinois 1876
1880-1899
- Civil Rights Cases 1883
- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad 1886
- Dent v. West Virginia 1889: state licensing of doctors
- In re Debs 1894: strikes and interstate commerce
- Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co 1895: income tax and tariffs
- United States v. E. C. Knight Co 1895: antitrust action; "Sugar Trust Case"
- Plessy v. Ferguson 1896: segregation, "separate but equal"
- Hawker v. New York 1898: character and doctor's licenses
- Cumming v. Richmond County Board of Education 1899: segregation in public schools
1900-1919
- Lochner v. New York 1905: freedom of contract, substantive due process
- Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. v. Riggs 1906
- Muller v. Oregon 1908: protective labor laws, protection of women
- Adair v. United States 1908
- Bobbs-Merrill Co v. Straus 1908 Extension of copyright holder rights with license terms
- Bauer & Cie. v. O'Donnell 1913 No extending patent with license, no exclusive right by holder on "use" of copyrighted works. Licesened and sold are the same thing if purchased as finished product.
- Guinn v. United States 1915
- Buchanan v. Warley 1917: racial covenants
- Schenck v. United States 1919: freedom of speech, "clear and present danger"
1920-1939
- Hammer v. Dagenhart 1921
- Adkins v. Children's Hospital 1923: freedom of contract, minimum wage laws
- Gitlow v. New York 1925
- Myers v. United States 1926
- Whitney v. California 1927
- Near v. Minnesota 1931: freedom of speech
- Powell v. Alabama 1932
- Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States 1935: interstate commerce, New Deal
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish 1937: freedom of contract, minimum wage laws, "the switch in time that saved nine"
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Johnson 1938
- United States v. Miller 1939
1940-1959
- Chambers v. Florida 1940
- Betts v. Brady 1942
- Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire 1942: fighting words
- Smith v. Allwright 1944
- Korematsu v. United States 1944: Japanese internment
- Shelley v. Kraemer 1948: equal protection, racial covenants
- Wheeling Steel Corp. v. Glander 1949
- Sweatt v. Painter 1950
- McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents 1950
- Dennis v. United States 1951
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka 1954: segregation , "separate inherently equal"
- Roth v. United States 1957: obscenity
- NAACP v. Alabama 1958
1960-1979
- Boynton v. Virginia 1960
- Mapp v. Ohio 1961: search and seizure, exclusionary rule
- Engel v. Vitale 1962
- Baker v. Carr 1962
- Abington School District v. Schempp 1963
- Gideon v. Wainwright 1963: right to counsel
- New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 1964: freedom of speech, libel
- Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 1964: interstate commerce, civil rights, public accomodations
- Wesberry v. Sanders 1964
- Griswold v. Connecticut 1965: privacy, birth control
- Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections 1966
- Miranda v. Arizona 1966: self-incrimination, "you have the right to remain silent"
- In Re Gault 1967: due process, juveniles
- Loving v. Virginia 1967: interracial marriage
- Street v. New York 1969
- Tinker v. Des Moines Schools 1969: freedom of speech
- Brandenburg v. Ohio 1969: freedom of speech, KKK
- Cohen v. California 1971: freedom of speech, fighting words, "fuck the draft"
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 1971
- Lemon v. Kurtzman 1971: establishment of religion, schools, "the Lemon test"
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co 1971
- New York Times Co. v. United States 1971: freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers
- Edwards v. Agillard 1971
- Furman v. Georgia 1972: death penalty, cruel and unusual punishment
- Roe v. Wade 1973: abortion, due process, privacy
- Miller v. California 1973: freedom of speech, Miller test for obscenity
- United States v. Nixon 1974: judicial review, executive priviledge, separation of powers
- Milliken v. Bradley 1974: segregation, busing
- Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo 1974: freedom of speech
- Gregg v. Georgia 1976: death penalty
- Collins v. Smith 1976
- FCC v. Pacifica Foundation 1978
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1978: racial discrimination, affirmative action
1980-1999
- Plyler v. Doe 1982
- Lynch v. Donnelly 1984
- Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios 1984: copyright, VCR "time-shifting", fair use
- ''Wallace v. Jaffee' 1985
- Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority 1985
- Vinson v. Meritor Savings Bank 1986
- Bowers v. Hardwick 1986: homosexuality
- South Dakota v. Dole 1986
- Edwards v. Aguillard 1987
- Morrison v. Olson 1988
- Hustler Magazine v. Falwell 1988: parody, emotional distress
- Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier 1988
- Martin v. Wilks 1989
- Texas v. Johnson 1989: freedom of speech (flag burning)
- United States v. Eichman 1990: freedom of speech (flag burning)
- Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co 1991: creativity required for copyright protection
- Planned Parenthood v. Casey 1992: abortion
- R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul 1992: fighting words, hate speech
- Lee v. Weisman 1992
- Alexander v. United States 1993
- Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music 1994: copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody
- United States v. Shabani 1994
- Adarand Constructors v. Peña 1995
- United States v. Alfonso Lopez, Jr 1995: interstate commerce, gun-free school zones
- Romer v. Evans 1996: equal protection, homosexuality
- Hopwood v. Texas 1996
- Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union 1997: free speech, obscenity, CDA
- Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services 1998
- Hunt v. Cromartie 1999 gerrymandering
2000-present
- United States v. Morrison 2000
- Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 2000: right of free association, homosexuality
- Bush v. Gore 2000: elections
- Easley v. Cromartie 2001: racial discrimination, gerrymandering
- Eldred v. Ashcroft 2003: copyright duration
- Grutter v. Bollinger 2003: racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
- Gratz v. Bollinger 2003: racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
- Lawrence v. Texas 2003: liberty, due process, homosexuality
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CASE | Dutch | CASE-functie | Computing |
CASE | English | Common application service element | Computing |
CASE | French | élément de service commun à la couche application | Computing |
CASE | German | Gemeinsames Anwendungs-Service-Element | Computing |
CASE | Italian | Ingegnerizzazione del software tramite computer | Computing |
| CAMAC | English | Case based hospital Management and Clinical evaluation in Europe | N/A |
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Synonyms: CaseSynonyms: caseful (n), casing (n), causa (n), cause (n), character (n), display case (n), eccentric (n), event (n), example (n), grammatical case (n), guinea pig (n), instance (n), lawsuit (n), pillow slip (n), pillowcase (n), sheath (n), shell (n), showcase (n), slip (n), subject (n), suit (n), type (n), encase (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: in-box (mechanical engineering). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Business | Noun: business, occupation, employment; pursuit; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case. |
Covering | Verb: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard. |
Capsule; sheath, sheathing; pod, cod; casing, case, theca; elytron; elytrum; involucrum; wrapping, wrapper; envelope, vesicle; corn husk, corn shuck; dermatology, conchology; testaceology. | |
Disease | Martyr to disease; cripple; " the halt the lame and the blind"; valetudinary, valetudinarian; invalid, patient, case; sickroom, sick-chamber. |
Grammar | Noun: grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi; Lindley Murray; (schoolbook); correct style, philology; (language). Verb: parse, punctuate, syllabicate. |
Idea | Subject, subject matter; matter, theme, gr/noemata/gr, topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, affair, matter in hand, argument; motion, resolution; head, chapter; case, point; proposition, theorem; field of inquiry; moot point, problem; (question). |
Inclosure | Noun: inclosure, envelope; case; (receptacle); wrapper; girdle. |
Reasoning, | Argument; case, plaidoyer, opening; lemma, proposition, terms, premises, postulate, data, starting point, principle; inference; (judgment). |
Receptacle | Chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary; trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise; grip, grip sack; skippet, vasculum; boot, imperial; vache; cage, manger, rack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If you win this case, justice will prevail, and if you lose, justice will also prevail (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Somebody who sold you to Humble Pie for fifty bucks and a case of beer (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) She has her doctorate in speech impedimentology from Case Western (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) Oh, they've been keeping me really busy on this case. They're trying to work me to death out there (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi) They do things like that, in case the other enticements don't work (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe) | |
Lyrics | Take your lies get off my case (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down) You stated your case time and again (Head Over Feet; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Classic case of boy meets girl (Every Heartbeat; performing artist: Amy Grant) Guess that I am just a hopeless case (Can't Get Used To Losing You; performing artist: Andy Williams) But that wasn't the case (Losing Grip; performing artist: AVRIL LAVIGNE) | |
Clever | Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case (references; author: unknown) Don't give up. Moses was once a basket case! (references; author: unknown) Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. (references; author: unknown) Nothing seems to bring on an emergency as quickly as putting money aside in case of one. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Case of Eggs: Episode 1 (1974) Case of the Full Moon Murders (1974) Brock's Last Case (1973) Case Study: Regina vs Brown (1973) The Case of Laura C. (1972) | |
Song Titles | Just In Case (performing artist: Jaheim) Case of the Ex (performing artist: Mya) Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (performing artist: Robert Palmer) | |
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 | Pictured is a lab setting. There are four scientists all seated and looking through at a four-headed microscope. They are all wearing white lab coats. The simultaneous examination of tissue from a difficult case assists pathologists in their diagnosis. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Child with last case of variola major, Bangladesh. Credit: CDC. |  | Buboes are due to the swelling of lymph nodes after they've absorbed infective material as seen here in a case of plague. Credit: CDC. |
 | The saying "X" marks the spot holds true in this Hubble telescope image. In this case, X ... Credit: NASA. |  | Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #1 First recorded soundings in Monterey Bay Surveyed by Don Miguel de Costanso - only 17 soundings. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Checking the angles - Wild T-2 theodolite carrying case in right foreground. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Power block operator monitors the net as it comes aboard. If need be, he will stop the net in case of a problem. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Tom Furrer, the high school teacher, began the United Anglers of Case Grande as a way to actively engage students. Tom Furrer and another volunteer work to clean parts of the creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Figure 46 (cont.) Shaeffer and Budenberg recording manometer, mechanism above, recording graph below. The instrument is within an enclosed case which is acted upon by water pressure. An amplification mechanism transmits the displacement to a pen which records the corresponding depth on a gridded sheet. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Case example" by Jamez Picard Commentary: "Case study in a book." | "Disc and blank case" by Craig Young Commentary: "Blank case and disc. Insert anything you like onto the case." |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Hot under the collar; anxious; afraid; aghast; antsy; apprehensive; basket case; bugged; butterflies; careful; choked; clutched; concerned; disquieted; distressed; disturbed; dreading; fearful; fidgety; fretful; hacked; hyper; in suspense; jittery; jumpy. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | As our case is new, we must think and act anew. |
Edmund Burke | I know many have been taught to think that moderation in a case like this, is a sort of treason. |
Horace | Scholars dispute and the case is still before the courts. |
Leonardo Da Vinci | The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. |
Samuel Daniel | Princes in this case do hate the traitor, though they love the treason. |
Seneca | He who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decide justly, cannot be considered just. |
St. Augustine | Roma locuta est, causa finita est. (Rome has spoken, the case is ended.) |
Thomas Middleton | As the case stands. |
William James | Our faith is faith in someone else's faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | There is a common distinction of an express and a tacit consent, which will concern our present case. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. (reference) |
US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1992 | And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Neither is it necessary in such a case as this, to enable the court to exercise its appellate jurisdiction. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In either case, it is both reactionary and Utopian. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In every case the accused will be entitled to name his own counsel. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Police governments are prevailing in nearly every case, and so far, except in Czechoslovakia, there is no true democracy. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | But the case is altered now. |
Contact | Carl Sagan | In the unlikely case we can't make up our minds, they're temporarily only guerrillas |
Four Riddles | Carroll, Lewis | In this case the first stanza describes the two main words |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The case of this unhappy man might be my own. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | If the imaginative faculty refused to act at such an hour, it might well be deemed a hopeless case. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This being the case, when a convent was found on our path, we were compelled to penetrate it. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | In the vestry a plump freshfaced jesuit and an elderly man, in shabby blue clothes, were dabbling in a case of paints and chalks |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tools on the bottom, but handy to reach in case of a breakdown |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Now in this case I who am the right owner lie under two great disadvantages |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | There is no stopping to read the riot act, no firing over the heads of the mob, in this case. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Huntington disease is a case in point. (references) | |
In 2000, a laboratory acquired case occurred. (references) | ||
Encephalofacial angiomatosis - report of a case. (references) | ||
Business | In neither case did permanent job loss result. (references) | |
Risk assessments are performed on a case by case basis. (references) | ||
In December 1984, the first AIDS case was identified in Taiwan. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | Because the accused worked for Sosa, the latter recused himself from the case. (references) |
Guatemala | On June 26, Judge Paiz shelved the case and lifted all constraints on Barrientos. (references) | |
Guatemala | Poroj continued to threaten the father, but also offered him a bribe to drop the case. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Yemen | Amer's lawyer appealed the case. (references) |
Colombia | There have been no arrests in this case. (references) | |
Mexico | The CNDH began an investigation of that case. (references) | |
Economic History | Belgium | Its provisions include arbitration in the case of disputes. (references) |
Guinea | This is applicable in the case of taxation and market access. (references) | |
Tunisia | LOCAL OWNERSHIP IS REQUIRED IN THE CASE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | Evidence in the case is secret. (references) |
Guatemala | The judges did not close the case. (references) | |
Switzerland | The MPC allows the appeal of any case. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Hearings on the case ended in March. (references) |
Malaysia | A verdict on the case had not been announced by year's end. (references) | |
Guatemala | In June four persons were detained in El Estor as suspects in a homicide case. (references) | |
Minorities | Argentina | INADI was investigating the case. (references) |
Czech Republic | Her case was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Romania | The perpetrator was identified in only one case. (references) | |
Political Economy | SPAIN | The Spanish Constitutional Court has accepted the case for review. (references) |
CANADA | North Dakota has requested a delay in the final determination of this case. (references) | |
KUWAIT | In such cases, tariff reviews and determinations are done on a case by case basis. (references) | |
Political Rights | Latvia | The case had not been heard by year's end. (references) |
Belgium | The district court held that it was not competent to hear the case. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | The ZANU-Ndonga opposition party initiated a case challenging the results in one constituency. (references) | |
Trade | Pakistan | Imports from India are a special case. (references) |
Thailand | The same time frame as the above case is allowed. (references) | |
Venezuela | Stickers are allowed in the case of imported products. (references) | |
Travel | Uzbekistan | Women do not need to cover their heads, as is the case in some Muslim countries. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | A guarantee may be made by an authorized organization, however, in which case no deposit is required. (references) | |
Kenya | As would be the case in most markets, a vigorous and sustained promotion is often needed to launch products. (references) | |
Women | Ghana | The CHRAJ was investigating the case at year's end. (references) |
Palau | A case against a Philippine citizen was pending at year's end. (references) | |
Fiji | Only one case in the last 5 years has been sent to the High Court. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Lithuania | Several other victims were witnesses in the case. (references) |
Morocco | The owner's daughter also was charged in the case. (references) | |
Brazil | Interpol is working in cooperation with the authorities to investigate the case. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Alexander Benedetto | There you have privy counsel attorneys. They have a different legal system where they have barristers and solicitors. But the barrister will be presenting the case before the House of Lords of five-judge panel. |
Bob Woodward | That indeed is the case. Robin Cook, you have to salute any resignation on principle because it's so rare. It just doesn't happen that often. |
Dominick Dunne | Well, I know that the Levys have now brought Dr. Henry Lee in, and I even think Michael Baden could be involved in that case as well. |
Erin Runnion | Right, right. Well, you know, I didn't want cameras in the courtroom because this case isn't just murder. |
John Hartmann | I'm not sure how the rules are phrased, but in this case the social worker didn't tell them, the police didn't tell them and I asked the social worker who screened me and them and everybody before I was admitted to the room. |
Katie Couric | Not necessarily. I really don't. I think that women have made so many strides in broadcasting, and we're doing so well in a lot of regards. So I don't really think that's necessarily the case. |
Lin Wood | Never worked for the Ramseys. Never received a dime form the Ramseys. He worked for the Boulder police department and he's been working the case on his own since then. |
Mark Geragos | Supervised probation means you have a probation officer. The probation officer will tell you to do this or do that or will supervise, in this case, community service. |
Robert Shapiro | I came into the case, and I went to Washington. And I started talking to political leaders. And eventually, we were able to get the support of then Majority Leader Trent Lott, who sent the letter to Attorney General Ashcroft. |
Rush Limbaugh | John Muhammad, who police arrested along with another man in the sniper case, served as a security guard at the Million Man March. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 |