on all fours
on all fours 完全一致 可指一个判决与另一个判决在事实、结果及其他各方面完全一致,亦指一个案例与另一个案例在案件事实、法律问题及其他各方面完全一致。
on all fours. (Of a law case) squarely on point (with a precedent) on both facts and law; nearly identical in all material ways (our client’s case is on all fours with the Supreme Court’s most recent opinion). Cf. WHITEHORSE CASE. “The courts, nowadays, are governed largely by precedent, and this imposes on the advocate