lawsuit

lawsuit Definition

law·suit (lô′so̵̅o̅t′)

noun

a suit between private parties at law or in equity; case before a civil court

lawsuit Synonyms

lawsuit Law Definition

A litigation or action brought in a court. See also suit.

lawsuit Usage Examples

Converse of object

settle: Microsoft settled a similar lawsuit brought by Burst in March 2005.
pend: I will be keeping an eye out for any pending lawsuits involving UK Vioxx victims.
dismiss: McDonald's scored a landmark victory when a US judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that blamed the fast food chain for causing obesity.
file: In 2002 Stan Lee decided he had to file a lawsuit against the comic giant, Marvel.
initiate: Before initiating a lawsuit, it is quite common for an attorney to perform an asset search.
threaten: Threatening a lawsuit is always considered to be in good form.

Preposition: against

sharer: The always lovely Recording Industry Association Of America has issued another round of lawsuits against individual file sharers.
spammers: Microsoft bagged three more lawsuits against alleged spammers in a U.S. District Court on October 27th 2004.

Adjective modifier

class-action: Please don't ask me about pending class-action lawsuits.
frivolous: While the attorney isn't supposed to file frivolous lawsuits, they have the power to do so.
antitrust: The antitrust lawsuit was brought by Real in 2003.
wrongful: By 1986, Raymark Corporation had been named as a defendant in more than 88,000 asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits.
federal: According to the Tallahassee Democrat, Calvary Chapel filed a federal lawsuit Oct. 22 claiming unconstitutional censorship.
civil: But Bruno is proceeding with the civil lawsuits seeking to regain control over the parishes.

Noun used with modifier

anti-gambling: Also activate a has to no anti-gambling lawsuits of the right.
malpractice: Likely to continue pricing catch up malpractice lawsuits against.
infringement: Media coverage is increasing regarding the Recording Industry Association Of Amercia's copyright infringement lawsuit against alleged illegal file sharer Patricia Santangelo.
payday: Your credit history will progress if you have no more payday advance lawsuit loans non conforming online or on line 1 debt.
multi-million: Of the coalition wage a multi-million lawsuits in this be lied to.
patent: Microsoft may lodge patent lawsuit test case: Linux specialist From the Tea Leaves dept.

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