case-by-case

adj

considering each case individually rather than considering several cases together as a whole

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Adj.

case-by-case - separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"

item-by-item, individual

independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"

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Again, the position of the French government for children is case-by-case in situations of humanitarian distress." (end) jk.gb

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Pope Francis told a Catalonian newspaper that countries breaking away from larger states should be considered on a "case-by-case basis".

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The talks came as diplomatic sources said the European Union was considering a case-by-case easing of its oil embargo against Syria in order to help the opposition.

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New Delhi, May 25 ( ANI ): With Air India pilots' strike entering its eighteenth day on Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said sacked pilots could be reinstated on a case-by-case basis.

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She argues, contrary to the widespread view of doctrinal development in common law systems as a continual stream of filling in the blanks of statutory law with only occasional reversals, that the Court's jurisprudence exhibits a pattern of doctrine creation and doctrine destruction wherein the Court goes through a cycle of first addressing legal problems on a case-by-case basis while seeking to not disrupt overarching doctrine until it becomes clear that the case-by-case approach is only causing more problems that they solve and they move towards the creation of a cohesive doctrine that they spend time entrenching, applying, and building upon, only to then reject that doctrine and move again to a case-by-case approach.

Jurisprudential regimes; the Supreme Court, civil rights, and the life cycle of judicial doctrine

However, a top US official said that the names would be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

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"Our hope is that the legislation will enable us to move forward but with flexibility, so on a case-by-case basis we can develop the appropriate scientific criteria, including data requirements, for review and approval of these products," Hamburg told journalists at a meeting in Brussels.

And Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the agency wants Congress to give it leeway to decide "case by case" what data is needed to approve generic versions of biologic drugs