cause célèbren.
/kɔːz səˈlɛb(rə)/ A celebrated legal case; a law-suit that excites much interest.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a case before court > terms for various kinds of cases
cross cause1696
cause célèbre1763
business case1826
test case1894
prima facie case1895
paternity case1909
1763 H. Walpole Let. 11 Aug. (1960) XXII. 155 An extraordinary law-suit..curious enough for the Causes célèbres.
1765 D. Garrick Let. 27 Jan. in R. B. Peake Mem. Colman Fam. (1841) I. 136 I have taken a slice at the law-oratory here [i.e. in Paris]... It was a cause célebre.
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks III. xi. 203 Of course a cause célèbre such as this was not going to decide itself in one day.
1860 Once a Week 22 Sept. 363/2 Well-nigh all the great murders—the causes célèbres of blood in our day—have been most deliberately planned.
1882 Standard 16 Dec. 5/6 In the Criminal Court of Innsprück to-day proceedings were opened in a cause célèbre of a..most painful character.
1955 Times 27 May 11/1 The defence of the Dutch and Indonesian accused in the cause célèbre which recommences today.
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