as the case may be

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as the case may be

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As is appropriate to the circumstances; particularly where a choice must be made between two options. So when a judge uses the transitive verb recuse, shouldn’t he (or she, as the case may be, and nobody says “as the case may be” anymore) use a reflexive pronoun as the object?

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phrase as in appropriate to the circumstances

中文	不管是什麼情況 /不管是什么情况 bùguǎn shì shénme qíngkuàng
Français	le cas échéant, selon le cas

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"as the case may be." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/as%20the%20case%20may%20be.

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@misc{as_the_case_may_be_2026,
  title = {as the case may be},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/as%20the%20case%20may%20be},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}