leading case

== English == === Noun === leading case (plural leading cases) (chiefly UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Synonym: (chiefly US) landmark case ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== precedent === References === “leading”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.