leading case

English

Noun

leading case (plural leading cases)

  1. (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

References
  • leading in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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