Lawsuit
['lɔːsuːt;-sjuːt] or ['lɔsut]
Definition
(noun.) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; 'the family brought suit against the landlord'.
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Definition
(n.) An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Action, suit in law.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of engaging in a lawsuit, warns you of enemies who are poisoning public opinion against you. If you know that the suit is dishonest on your part, you will seek to dispossess true owners for your own advancement. If a young man is studying law, he will make rapid rise in any chosen profession. For a woman to dream that she engages in a law suit, means she will be calumniated, and find enemies among friends. See Judge and Jury.
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Examples
- He admitted that he had been unfair in the prosecution of the lawsuit, and urged Gutenberg to take his old place in their firm. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- My father discovered that his brother-in-law was in possession of certain papers which were likely to be of service to him in his lawsuit. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The lawsuit dragged along, and finally ended in Gutenberg’s favor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They rejected this with scorn, and at once started a lawsuit against Gutenberg and his partners. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He started a lawsuit at once to recover the sums he had expended, and judgment was given against Gutenberg, commanding that he should pay what he had borrowed, together with interest. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I understood, from something which the Colonel told us, that a lawsuit had been going on between you, Mr. Acton, and the Cunninghams. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- 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. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pirates now filled the field, and the lawsuits which they were compelled to bring to defend themselves went against them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This machine infringed the partners’ patents, and caused them an almost endless series of expensive lawsuits. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From the building of his factory in Chicago McCormick had been engaged in continuous lawsuits with competitors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Yes; my dear, Tinker is quite right: I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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