lawsuit

[ law-soot ]

/ ˈlɔˌsut /

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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.

Nearby words

lawrentian, laws of motion, lawson, lawson criterion, lawson cypress, lawsuit, lawton, lawyer, lawyer vine, lawyer's wig, lawyering

Origin of lawsuit

First recorded in 1615–25; law¹ + suit

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Examples from the Web for lawsuit

Team Cosby has vehemently denied the allegations, dating back at least to a 2004 lawsuit that the comedian settled out of court.
Team Cosby’s Mission Impossible|Lloyd Grove|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.
Texas Congressman Sued Over "Wet Dreams" About Former Staffer|Ben Jacobs|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As she noted, there have been no other known incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby that postdate the 2005 lawsuit.
Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today|Dean Obeidallah|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Mahal|Olivia Nuzzi|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cosby settled a lawsuit filed by one of the women, but he has never spoken of the allegations in public.
How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account|Scott Porch|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Your wife is my sister—I hate poor relations—and I was therefore much interested in your accession and your lawsuit.
Night and Morning, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If I recollect rightly that diamond afterwards played a part in a lawsuit.
Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life|Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
I decided to go back to Virginia (my wife had never been there) and settle up a lawsuit I had pending in the courts.
Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler|Rev. Gross Alexander
First of all, the best part of a benefit is lost if a lawsuit is allowable, as in the case of a definite loan.
The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics|Various
You have been a witness for your husband in every lawsuit he has had, have you not?
The Art of Cross-Examination|Francis L. Wellman

British Dictionary definitions for lawsuit

lawsuit

/ (ˈlɔːˌsuːt, -ˌsjuːt) /

noun

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

lawsuit

1620s, from law + suit (n.).

lawsuit

noun

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