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Lawsuit - 9 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
| Synonyms: | accusation, action, argument, arraignment, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, indictment, litigation, proceedings, prosecution, suit, trial, assumpsit, impeachment, presentment, replevin |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute [more]., citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation [more]; presentment, true bill, indictment., apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment (restraint) [more]., writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius; venire, venire facias, pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder., suitor, party to a suit; litigant [more]., hearing, trial; verdice (judgment) [more]; appeal, appeal motion; writ of error; certiorari., case; decison, precedent; decided case, reports., go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse [more]; prefer a claim, file a claimn.; take the law of, inform against., serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prossecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge (restrain) [more]., empanel a jury, implead, join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing., try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate [more].
-adjectives
litigious (quarrelsome) [more]; qui tam; coram judice, sub judice.
-adverbs
pendente lite.
-phrases
adjuc sub judice lis est; accedas ad curiam; transeat in exemplum.
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| Main Entry: | litigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter coming before court of law |
| Synonyms: | action, case, cause, contention, dispute, lawsuit, process, prosecution, suit, trial |
| Main Entry: | legal action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judicial proceeding |
| Synonyms: | court case, lawsuit, litigation, trial, legal proceeding |
| Main Entry: | court case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal case |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, hearing, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, trial, cause in court |
| Main Entry: | suit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal action |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, trial |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal proceeding |
| Synonyms: | action, arraignment, case, citation, claim, contest, hearing, indictment, lawsuit, litigation, prosecution, rap*, seizure, suit, tribunal, counterclaim, court action, court martial, cross-examination, habeas corpus, impeachment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a legal process |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, claim, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, suit |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter brought before a court |
| Synonyms: | action, argument, cause, claim, dispute, evidence, lawsuit, litigation, petition, proceedings, process, proof, suit, trial |
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