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lawsuit

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See also:law suit

English

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lawsuit

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Etymology

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Fromlaw +‎suit.

Pronunciation

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(UK)enPR:lôʹs(j)o͞ot',IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːˌs(j)uːt/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
(US)enPR:lôʹs(j)o͞ot',IPA^(key): /ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/
(cot–caught merger)enPR:läʹs(j)o͞ot',IPA^(key): /ˈlɑˌs(j)ut/

Noun

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lawsuit (plurallawsuits)

(law) Incivil law, acase where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to acourt forresolution.
The lawyer advised his client against filing alawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.
My ex-fiancé filed alawsuit against me for a falserestraining order anddefamation.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
  It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmentallawsuits.

case where a court is needed to resolve differences

Afrikaans:saak (af)
Arabic:دَعْوَى f(daʕwā)
Armenian:հայց (hy)(haycʻ)
Azerbaijani:dava (az),iddia (az)
Belarusian:іск m(isk),пазо́ў m(pazów)
Bulgarian:съде́бен проце́с m(sǎdében procés),иск (bg) m(isk)
Catalan:plet (ca) m,litigi (ca) m,causa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese:訴訟 /诉讼(sou³ zung⁶)(formal),官司(gun¹ si¹)
Mandarin:訴訟 /诉讼 (zh)(sùsòng)(formal),官司 (zh)(guānsi)(informal)
Czech:soudní proces m,proces (cs) m,soudní pře f
Danish:retssag (da) c
Dutch:rechtszaak (nl) f,zaak (nl) m or f
Esperanto:proceso,juĝafero
Finnish:siviilikanne,kanne (fi),oikeusjuttu (fi)
French:poursuite judiciaire (fr) f,procès (fr) m,poursuite (fr) f
Galician:preito m,litixio (gl) m
German:Gerichtsverfahren (de) n,Rechtsstreit (de) m,Prozess (de) m,Klage (de) f
Alemannic German:Chlegti f
Greek:αγωγή (el) f(agogí),μήνυση (el) f(mínysi)
Hindi:दावा (hi) m(dāvā)
Hungarian:per (hu),kereset (hu),ügy (hu),panasz (hu),bírósági eljárás
Irish:agra dlí m,cúis dlí f,tagra m
Italian:causa di tribunale f,causa (it)
Japanese:訴訟 (ja)(そしょう, soshō)
Khmer:បណ្ដឹង (km)(bɑndəng)
Korean:소송(訴訟) (ko)(sosong)
Latin:līs (la) f,dica (la) f
Lithuanian:skundas m
Macedonian:парница f(parnica)
Middle English:sute,questioun,askynge,accion,ple
Mongolian:заалдлага (mn)(zaaldlaga)
Ottoman Turkish:یارغو(yarğı)
Persian:دعویٰ (fa)(da'vâ)
Plautdietsch:Jerechtsstriet m
Polish:pozew (pl) m
Portuguese:processo judicial m,processo (pt) m,pleito (pt) m,ação penal f
Romanian:caz judiciar n,proces (ro),cauză (ro) f
Russian:иск (ru) m(isk),тя́жба (ru) f(tjážba),проце́сс (ru) m(procéss),суде́бный проце́сс (ru) m(sudébnyj procéss)
Scottish Gaelic:cùis-lagha f
Slovak:súdny proces m
Spanish:proceso judicial m,proceso (es) m,pleito (es) m,litigio (es) m,acción (es) f,causa (es) f
Swahili:kesi (sw)
Tagalog:pleyto
Tajik:даъво(da'vo)
Telugu:తగవు (te)(tagavu)
Turkish:dava (tr)
Ugaritic:𐎘𐎔𐎉(ṯpṭ)
Ukrainian:по́зов m(pózov),судо́вий проце́с m(sudóvyj procés)
Urdu:مُقَدَّمَہ(muqaddama),دعویٰ m(da'vā)
Welsh:achos cyfreithiol m,achos cyfraith m,cyngaws m

Verb

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lawsuit (third-person singular simple presentlawsuits,present participlelawsuiting,simple past and past participlelawsuited)

To bring a lawsuit.
- 1970, Charles Lucey,Ireland and the Irish: Cathleen Ni Houlihan is Alive and Well, page112:
  The master, said Thady,lawsuited against the tenants[…]