A claim, cause, or suit, esp. of a legal nature; a law-plea. Obsolete (common in Old English).
| 单词 | θ175588 |
| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > a lawsuit (101) speechc897 A claim, cause, or suit, esp. of a legal nature; a law-plea. Obsolete (common in Old English). mootc1225 Litigation; an action at law; a plea; accusation. Obsolete. pleadingc1275 Litigation, disputation; an instance of this, esp. a lawsuit, an action. Obsolete. pleac1300 Law. A suit or action at law; the presentation of an action in court. Now Scottish (in later use esp. in law-plea) and historical. actiona1325 Law. A legal process, a lawsuit. (figurative in quot. 1430.) quarrela1325 A complaint; esp. a complaint against a person; (Law) an accusation, charge; an action or suit. Obsolete. suit1348 A process instituted in a court of law for the recovery or protection of a right, the enforcement of a claim, or the redress of a wrong; a… pursuit1380 Law. The action or fact of bringing a legal proceeding; prosecution of a lawsuit. Formerly also (chiefly Scottish): †a lawsuit; a legal charge… sokena1387 (See quot. 1387) Obsolete. rare. process1395 Law. The whole of the proceedings in any legal action; an action, a suit; a case, cause, or hearing; the course, procedure, or method adopted in… plead1455 Law. A pleading in law; an allegation, a claim. pleament1480 An action at law, a pleading. suit in law1530 More fully, suit in law, suit at law, †suit of law, etc. Also with the court specified, as suit in chancery, suit in equity. ployc1600 A lawsuit or legal action; a dispute. suit in equity1604 More fully, suit in law, suit at law, †suit of law, etc. Also with the court specified, as suit in chancery, suit in equity. suit in chancery1621 More fully, suit in law, suit at law, †suit of law, etc. Also with the court specified, as suit in chancery, suit in equity. lawsuit1624 A suit in law; a prosecution of a claim in a court of law. instance1654 A process in a court of justice, a suit. court of first instance, court of primary jurisdiction. legal action1656 the action or fact of using the legal system to settle a dispute, disagreement, etc.; a legal process; a lawsuit. lis1932 A lawsuit; an action; a dispute. Usually in one of the following phrases: lis pendens n./ˈpɛndɛnz/ a pending legal action; also, a formal notice of… Subcategories:— part of proceedings in (1) — formal entry of a suit (1) — withdrawal or cessation of suit (6) — interruption or postponement of suit (3) — transfer to representative of deceased (1) — condition of being pending (10) — specific qualities of suit or action (3) — confusion of distinct matters in one bill (1) — counter-action (2) — an initiated suit (1) — a pending suit (2) — a postponed suit (3) — a protracted suit (3) — action brought within short prescribed time (2) — that which may be insisted on at one diet (1) — a frivolous or sham suit (2) — action in which informer sues for penalty (2) — other types of action (37) |
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