test case

1. 1.

   a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent

   Synonymstest suit

   Broaderlegal action

   law

Questions about test case

What does test case mean?

test case means "a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent".

What is another word for test case?

Close synonyms include test suit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is test case a common word?

test case is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.