lawsuit
[law-soot]
- a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
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Origin of lawsuit
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litigationclaimbillprosecutionargumentaccusationtrialsuitactionindictmentdisputeimpeachmentproceedingsarraignmentcausecontestpresentmentassumpsitreplevinExamples from the Web for lawsuit
Contemporary Examples
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.
In August, Trump filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the casino and from the nearby, since-closed Trump Plaza.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj MahalOlivia Nuzzi
December 8, 2014
Cosby settled a lawsuit filed by one of the women, but he has never spoken of the allegations in public.
Historical Examples
He used to boast that he had a lawsuit for every letter in the alphabet.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
For, if poor, they will think a bird in the hand worth two in the bush of a lawsuit.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Was the paper you lost something to do with the Sterzer-Gordon lawsuit?
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
It frightens me—raising my old nightmare of a lawsuit about the legitimacy of my child.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
Then Mr. Mildmay, who is so very quiet, said that there would be a lawsuit.
Is He Popenjoy?Anthony Trollope
lawsuit
- a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action
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Word Origin and History for lawsuit
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