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lawsuit
[ law-soot ]
noun
- a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
lawsuit
/ -ˌsjuːt; ˈlɔːˌsuːt /
noun
- a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action
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It is still contending with lawsuits from the scandal, while trumpeting new environmental initiatives.
West, who has made only fitful campaign statements since declaring his bid 10 weeks ago, has said nothing about the lawsuits, delegating that work to attorneys.
In response, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the US government on the grounds that the ban prevents due process for the company.
Coffee farmers in Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island, for example, are using the results of an elemental analysis to support a class action lawsuit, scheduled for trial in November, against 21 major retailers.
At the same time, the company filed a federal lawsuit against the ban.
On Dec. 30, she filed a similar lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court.
Team Cosby has vehemently denied the allegations, dating back at least to a 2004 lawsuit that the comedian settled out of court.
The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.
As she noted, there have been no other known incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby that postdate the 2005 lawsuit.
Wright has filed a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful termination.
On account of that, the governor determined to make me the object of a lawsuit, and received his witnesses.
An attorney traveling with his clerk to the circuit, the latter asked his master what was the chief point in a lawsuit.
Yet what an angry, disgusted woman I was when I went over this road before, lawsuit-wards, so to speak.
I could not possibly get them to pay more, and thought it most prudent to accept their offer rather than risk a lawsuit with them.
A covenant to protect the buyer from encumbrances, claims, etc., does not always relieve him from the expense of a lawsuit.
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