lawsuit
/ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/ noun B2- In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution. · The lawyer advised his client against filing a lawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.· My ex-fiancé filed a lawsuit against me for a false restraining order and defamation.
Plural lawsuits
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“Well, they ought to be, but they’ve had a lawsuit for some years which has sucked the blood out of both of them, I fancy.
I understood, from something which the Colonel told us, that a lawsuit had been going on between you, Mr.
He is said to have about seven lawsuits upon his hands at present, which will probably swallow up the remainder of his fortune and so draw his sting and leave him harmless for the future.
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