test case

• testcase (computing)

test case (plural test cases)

1. (law) A legal action intended to set a precedent.
   • 1993 October, Nancy D. Polikoff, “Lesbian And Gay Parenting: What's At Stake?”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

     Although these decisions imply acceptance of gay and lesbian parenting, most of the second-parent adoption cases have been brought following "test-case" criteria that maximize the likelihood of judicial acceptance. The couples usually have had long-term monogamous relationships; they are economically stable; there is often direct economic benefit to the child of granting the adoption […] Also, in these cases there is no heterosexual parent or family member challenging custody, so the child will be raised in a lesbian or gay home regardless of the judge's decision.

2. (computing) Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.

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