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Definition :

Case stated, a narrative (agreed upon by both parties to an action, or drawn up by an impartial person agreed upon by them or settled by the Court or a judge) setting forth the facts and points in dispute, with a view to a prompt decision. By R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXIV., the parties after writ may concur in stating questions of law in the form of a special case, or if it appear to the court or a judge from the pleadings or otherwise that there is a question of law which it would be convenient to have decided in that manner, they or he may order a special case to be stated. See Special Case.

As to cases stated by justices of the peace on points of law only for the High Court, see (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 43), (English) Review of Justices Decisions Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 26), and (English) Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Vict. c. 49), s. 33; see also Arbitration; Chitty's Statutes, tit. Justices'; and see R. v. Woodcock, (1907) 2 KB 104.