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lawsuit

[law-soot]

noun

  1. a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.



lawsuit

/ -ˌsjuːt, ˈlɔːˌsuːt /

noun

  1. a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of lawsuit1

First recorded in 1615–25; law 1 + suit
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The lawsuit, brought by the United Farm Workers and Central Valley residents, accused the agency of brazenly racial profiling people in a days-long enforcement.

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The center is also a plaintiff in an ongoing federal lawsuit out of Northern California against the Department of Human Services over slashed funding, she said.

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The “South Park” streaming rights negotiations also have been complicated by a lawsuit brought two years ago by Warner Bros.

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While Brock’s license surrender resolves this accusation, he still faces the civil lawsuits.

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Since then, Shell has faced various lawsuits over oil spills and environmental damage in the Niger Delta, the southern region that Ogoniland is a part of.

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