Lawsuit definitions

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The definition of a lawsuit is a legal act of suing between private parties, or a case in a civil court.

An example of a lawsuit is a person suing a company for damages done to the person which were not fixed.

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An action or proceeding other than a criminal prosecution brought in a court of law or equity.
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A litigation or action brought in a court. See also suit.
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(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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Origin of lawsuit

Sentence Examples

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

  • That lawsuit taught me much.

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

  • It was the sensation caused in 1884 by the lawsuit brought against Strindberg's Married (a collection of short stories dealing realistically with some of the seamy sides of marriage) which brought to a head the rebellion against the elegant and superficial conventions which were strangling Swedish literature.

  • On his return to Avignon he engaged in public affairs, pleaded the cause of the Scaligers in their lawsuit with the Rossi for the lordship of Parma, and addressed two poetical epistles to Pope Benedict XII.

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