Umbrella Case
a term used describe one case which proceeds (or receives the most attention) to establish new case law or precedent, but there are (many) other cases with similar facts that will be impacted by the court’s decision in the “umbrella” case.
brown v. board of eduction could be considered an “umbrella case”, in that it established new law and prevented schools from segregating on the basis of race, but at the time of brown, numerous other school segregation cases were also in the judicial process, and these cases fell under the “umbrella” of the decision in brown.
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the real or imagined fear of being speared by a wayward umbrella while enjoying an afternoon at the beach. without frank’s quick reflexes, the entire beach party was in serious risk of injury due to the wildly errant beach umbrella. “thanks frank, umbrellacide is an unfortunate way to go,” his friends applauded.
- umbrella corporation
“our business is life itself.” a fictional company in the capcom “resident evil” saga. in the game, the company uses it’s status as an enit-ty to protect (thus the term “umbrella”) it’s biological experiments of dubious moral and ethical bearing. can be used as a term to describe any company which engages in similar practices […]
- umbrella drinking
the process by which an alcoholic concoction of various sorts is mixed in an upside down umbrella. similar to “jungle juice”. serve chilled. go to the store and pick up tequila and limes – we’re umbrella drinking tonight!
- umbrella fever
the feeling you when you have bought a gift for someone and you really want to give it to them, but the gift-giving occaison isn’t for a while. symptoms of umbrella fever – you’re tempted to give the gift early. you get too excited and therefore build up the gift to be something more exciting […]
- umbrella handle
a female is giving a man a handjob, when the p-n-s gets hard enough, she squeezes the tip, causing it to spurt. if it does a somewhat vertical stream upwards, the woman has ‘gripped the umbrella handle.’ boy 1: she totally gave me a great umbrella handle! boy 2: dude, sick. girl 1: i think […]