| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
Synonyms: |
accusation, action, argument, arraignment, assumpsit, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, impeachment, indictment, litigation, presentment, proceedings, prosecution, replevin, suit, trial |
| Concept: | Lawsuit. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute., citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation; presentment, true bill, indictment., apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment (restraint)., 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., hearing, trial; verdice (judgment); 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; 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)., empanel a jury, implead, join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing., try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate.
-adjectives
litigious (quarrelsome); 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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