lawsuit
noun
Origin of lawsuit
Related Words for lawsuit
litigation, claim, bill, prosecution, argument, accusation, trial, suit, action, indictment, dispute, impeachment, proceedings, arraignment, cause, contest, presentment, assumpsit, replevinExamples from the Web for lawsuit
Contemporary Examples of lawsuit
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 of lawsuit
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