lawsuit
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British) enPR: lôʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA: /ˈlɔːˌs(j)uːt/
- (America) enPR: lôʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA: /ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/
- (cot-caught) enPR: läʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA: /ˈlɑˌs(j)ut/
lawsuit (plural lawsuits)
- (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.
- French: poursuite judiciaire, procès, poursuite
- German: Gerichtsverfahren, Rechtsstreit, Prozess, Klage
- Italian: causa di tribunale, causa
- Portuguese: processo judicial, processo, pleito
- Russian: иск
- Spanish: proceso judicial, proceso, pleito, litigio, acción, causa
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