test case

noun
1.
a typical case whose court decision may be interpreted as a precedent for application in future similar cases.
2.
a legal action taken, sometimes deliberately by agreement of both parties, with a special view to determining the position of the law on some matter, as the constitutionality of a statute.

Origin:
1890–95

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test case
 
n
a legal action that serves as a precedent in deciding similar succeeding cases

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