lawsuit

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Pronunciation

• enPR: lôʹso͞ot', IPA: /ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/

Noun

lawsuit (plural lawsuits)

1. (legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

   The lawyer advised his client against filing a lawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.

Translations

• French: poursuite judiciaire, procès, poursuite
• German: Gerichtsverfahren, Rechtsstreit, Prozess
• Italian: causa di tribunale, causa
• Portuguese: processo judicial, processo
• Russian: иск
• Spanish: proceso judicial, proceso, pleito, litigio, acción

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