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Def: a situation or problem of a particular type
Example: X-rays are also sometimes useful in stab wound and child abuse cases.
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Def: a crime and its investigation by the police
Example: Police on claimed to have arrested the main accused in the murder case.
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Def: a matter that is decided in a court of law
Example: The divorce case is settled.
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Def: instance of a disease; a person's health, development or behaviour, kept by an official such as a doctor
Example: The report was written after analysing data from the case histories of thousands of patients.
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in both cases
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open/unsolved case
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in suicide (poisoning, child abuse) cases
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in case of..
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