Lawsuit Definition

lôso͝ot
lawsuits
noun
lawsuits
An action or proceeding other than a criminal prosecution brought in a court of law or equity.
American Heritage

Suit.

Webster's New World

A litigation or action brought in a court. See also suit.

Webster's New World Law

(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.
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Noun

Singular:
lawsuit
Plural:
lawsuits

Origin of Lawsuit

Lawsuit Sentence Examples

  • In the case of a lawsuit the plaintiff preferred his own plea.

  • My wretched lawsuit takes all I have and makes no progress.

  • That lawsuit taught me much.

  • Modern Energy, due to some complications they had in a lawsuit with Scottrade, has done a split and changed their ticker symbol to MDRG.

  • In one case, the criticism actually resulted in a lawsuit.

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