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).

transitive. To take (legal action), to initiate (litigation); to plead (a cause). Frequently in to sue the law (cf. law, n.1 8). Obsolete.

Law. intransitive. To raise or prosecute a suit or action; to go to law, litigate. Obsolete.

intransitive (also in prepositional passive). spec. To institute and carry on a legal action; to take legal proceedings, go to law (against, also…

transitive and intransitive = plead, v.

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…

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…

intransitive. To take action against (a person); †to proceed against, prosecute (obsolete); to importune, press.

Law. transitive. To institute (an action, claim) in a court of law; to initiate or carry on (civil or criminal proceedings).

intransitive. To go to law, litigate. Also to law it. Also colloquial or dialect in indirect passive.

to follow a suit: to prosecute a legal action. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Law. intransitive. To institute, conduct, or pursue legal proceedings against someone; to be prosecutor in some legal action.

to go to suit: to go to law.

intransitive. To be a party to, or carry on, a suit at law; to go to law. Also †gen. to dispute.