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lawsuit

[ law-soot ]

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noun

a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.

lawsuit

/ -ˌsjuːt; ˈlɔːˌsuːt /

a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action

Origin of lawsuit¹

First recorded in 1615–25; law ¹ + suit

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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