Law. intransitive. To sue in a court of law; to make suit as plaintiff or pursuer (cf. pursuer, n. 4). Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use).
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > go to law or litigate [verb (intransitive)] (30) pursue1389 Law. intransitive. To sue in a court of law; to make suit as plaintiff or pursuer (cf. pursuer, n. 4). Obsolete (chiefly Scottish in later use). suea1422 transitive. To take (legal action), to initiate (litigation); to plead (a cause). Frequently in to sue the law (cf. law, n.1 8). Obsolete. pleada1425 Law. intransitive. To raise or prosecute a suit or action; to go to law, litigate. Obsolete. proceed1425 intransitive (also in prepositional passive). spec. To institute and carry on a legal action; to take legal proceedings, go to law (against, also… pleac1450 transitive and intransitive = plead, v. to wage one's (or the) law1455 spec. in Law. Now historical. to wage one's (or the) law (Anglo-Norman gager la ley, Law Latin vadiare legem): (a) to defend an action by ‘wager… to go to (the) law?a1513 The action of the courts of law, as a means of procuring redress of grievances or enforcing claims; judicial remedy. Frequent in phrases to go to… to put at ——1534 intransitive. To take action against (a person); †to proceed against, prosecute (obsolete); to importune, press. to prosecute the law against (also upon)1535 Law. transitive. To institute (an action, claim) in a court of law; to initiate or carry on (civil or criminal proceedings). law?a1550 intransitive. To go to law, litigate. Also to law it. Also colloquial or dialect in indirect passive. to follow a suit1571 to follow a suit: to prosecute a legal action. Also figurative. Obsolete. prosecute1611 Law. intransitive. To institute, conduct, or pursue legal proceedings against someone; to be prosecutor in some legal action. to go to suit1690 to go to suit: to go to law. litigate1726 intransitive. To be a party to, or carry on, a suit at law; to go to law. Also †gen. to dispute. Subcategories:— seek favourable court (1) — submit issue jointly (1) — litigate about land (3) — bring action of replevin (1) — present bill of suspension (1) — allow oneself to be sued (1) — cause delay by appearing separately (1) — obtain delay or settle amicably (1) — be sustainable (of an action) (1) — lapse by passage of time (3) — submit to arbitration (2) |
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