lawsuit
See also: law suit
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (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
editlawsuit (plural lawsuits)
- (law) 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.
- The lawyer advised his client against filing a lawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.
- My ex-fiancé filed a lawsuit against me for a false restraining order and defamation.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- 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 environmental lawsuits.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcase where a court is needed to resolve differences
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Verb
editlawsuit (third-person singular simple present lawsuits, present participle lawsuiting, simple past and past participle lawsuited)
- To bring a lawsuit.
- 1970, Charles Lucey, Ireland and the Irish: Cathleen Ni Houlihan is Alive and Well, page 112:
- The master, said Thady, lawsuited against the tenants […]