Lawsuit

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  • noun. An action or proceeding other than a criminal prosecution brought in a court of law or equity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A suit at law or in equity; an action or a proceeding in a civil court; a process in law instituted by one party to compel another to do him justice.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
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  • noun. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
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