Definitions For Case

noun

• A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
• A portable container for carrying several objects
• A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
• Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
• (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
• The enclosing frame around a door or window opening
• The housing or outer covering of something
• An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
• The actual state of things
• Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
• A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
• A problem requiring investigation
• A specific size and style of type within a type family
• An occurrence of something
• A person requiring professional services
• A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
• A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
• The quantity contained in a case
• A special set of circumstances
• A specific state of mind that is temporary
• To study or watch (a house, store, etc.) with plans to rob it

verb

• Enclose in, or as if in, a case
• Look over, usually with the intention to rob