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单词 to rest one's case
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to rest one's case
(a) transitive. To bring the presentation of evidence pertinent to (a law case) to a close voluntarily. Chiefly in to rest one's case. In early use with adverbial complement.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > give evidence of [verb (transitive)] > bring evidence to a close
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1744 Gentleman's Mag. June 317/1 Tho' we might safely rest our Case here, we shall go much farther, and prove the Plaintiff a Bastard.
1822 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 505 And so he rests his case with the judges.
1882 Rep. Supreme Court Mississippi 59 57 He rested his case before the claimant moved to exclude the evidence.
1888 Harper's Mag. Nov. 900/2 I rest my case here. The plaintiff must be put out of court on the evidence which he himself has adduced.
1905 S. W. Mitchell Constance Trescot xiv. 183 All the evidence for the plaintiffs was before the court, and Greyhurst sat down, stating that the plaintiff rested the case.
1950 Chicago Tribune 23 Jan. 1/8 Defense attorneys..elected to rest their case without calling a single witness.
1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 14 Nov. 19/5 Plaintiff had not been cross-examined and certainly had not rested his case.
1995 Miami Herald (Nexis) 21 June 3 a Prosecutors abruptly announced plans to rest their case next week without presenting additional evidence.
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to rest one's case
(b) transitive. to rest one's case (in extended use, outside legal contexts): indicating that one believes that sufficient evidence has been given to support one's views or assertions. Now chiefly in I rest my case (frequently humorous).
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1832 Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 28 Feb. Next we have the opinions of Mr. Niles himself... And here, I am willing to rest my case.
1847 W. R. Harris Critique on Critics 6 Here I rest my case, merely premising that, to silence carping tongues, I have obtained..permission to publish it in the original German.
1885 Overland Monthly June 666/2 He turns to the traditions and myths of the most ancient civilizations, and finds in them, by dint of judicious selecting and much special pleading, a remarkable consensus sustaining his view. Here he rests his case.
1902 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 261 She laughed. ‘Do you rest your case?’ ‘Yes, I rest my case.’
1921 J. H. Railey Show Down xxii. 339 ‘Shall I make the obvious answer?’.. ‘No. I know it.’ ‘Then one thing more and I rest my case,’ he achieved a smile.
1946 Pittsburgh Courier 23 Nov. 21/4 All the fine acts and bands say our town is s-q-u-a-r-e. I rest my case.
2003 ‘DBC Pierre’ Vernon God Little x. 107 ‘He wouldn't need to repair TVs, with all that extra money.’ ‘I rest my case.’
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