affaire-test

Definitions of affaire-test
  1. noun
    a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent
    synonyms: procès-pilote
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    type of:
    acte, affaire, poursuite judiciaire, procès
    a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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