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Law. The matter about which a person goes to law; the case of one party in a suit. Hence to plead a cause. (Cf. 1883 at sense 3b.)
One's case or cause. Obsolete. rare.
Scots Law. A cause in litigation. Obsolete.
Law. The sum of arguments presented by one side in a legal action; the facts forming the basis for such arguments. In extended use: a set of facts…