| 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. |
| test case n. A legal action whose outcome is likely to set a precedent or test the constitutionality of a statute. |