lawsuit

[law-soot]

noun

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

lawsuit

/ -ˌsjuːt, ˈlɔːˌsuːt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lawsuit¹

First recorded in 1615–25; law ¹ + suit

Example Sentences

In August, a couple filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles against the West Hollywood-based International Reproductive Law Group alleging financial misconduct after losing access to roughly $61,000 of escrow funds.

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California joined Oregon’s lawsuit, and at an emergency hearing, Immergut issued another temporary order forbidding the administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, regardless of where they muster.

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Zions has filed a lawsuit to recover more than $60 million that it lent to investment funds that were using revolving credit facilities to buy distressed commercial mortgage loans.

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While it is too soon to have a complete understanding of the cost of the outage, other companies have faced multimillion-dollar claims and lawsuits when their services were at the root of global disruptions.

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The lawsuit targeted around 40 "false advertisements", some of which are still being used, according to climate groups.

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