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statement of case

noun

B2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A formal court document such as a claim, defence or reply that sets out a party's position.

The judge criticised the claimant for advancing an argument that appeared nowhere in its statement of case.

Similar: pleading

Topic: Litigation in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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