lawsuit
noun
1 lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
synonyms: case, causa, cause, suit.
Roget 938:
accusation,
charge,
imputation,
slur,
inculpation,
exprobration†,
delation;
crimination;
incrimination,
accrimination†,
recrimination;
tu quoque argument [Lat.];
invective
etc.
932.
denunciation,
denouncement;
libel,
challenge,
citation,
arraignment;
impeachment,
appeachment†;
indictment,
bill of indictment,
true bill;
lawsuit
etc.
969;
condemnation
etc.
971.
gravamen of a charge,
head and front of one's offending,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.];
scandal
etc.
(detraction)
934;
scandalum magnatum [Lat.].
accuser,
prosecutor,
plaintiff;
relator,
informer;
appellant.
accused,
defendant,
prisoner,
perpetrator,
panel,
respondent;
litigant.
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Roget 969:
lawsuit,
suit,
action,
cause;
litigation;
suit in law;
dispute
etc.
713.
citation,
arraignment,
prosecution,
impeachment;
accusation
etc.
938;
presentment,
true bill,
indictment.
apprehension,
arrest;
committal;
imprisonment
etc.
(restraint)
751.
writ,
summons,
subpoena,
latitat†,
nisi prius [Lat.];
venire,
venire facias pleadings [Lat.];
declaration,
bill,
claim;
proces verbal [Fr.];
bill of right,
information,
corpus delicti;
affidavit,
state of facts;
answer,
reply,
replication,
plea,
demurrer,
rebutter,
rejoinder;
surrebutter†,
surrejoinder†.
suitor,
party to a suit;
plaintiff,
defendant,
litigant
etc.
938.
hearing,
trial;
verdict
etc.
(judgment)
480;
appeal,
appeal motion;
writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case;
decision,
precedent;
decided case,
reports
(legal reference works, see reference books)..
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Dutch: rechtsgeding, proces, rechtszaak, rechtzaak
Polish: pozew, powództwo
Moby thesaurus: accusal, accusation, accusing, action, allegation, allegement, arraignment, bill of particulars, blame, bringing of charges, bringing to book, case, cause, charge, complaint, count, delation, denouncement, denunciation, impeachment, implication, imputation, indictment, information, innuendo, insinuation, laying of charges, plaint, prosecution, reproach, suit, taxing, true bill, unspoken accusation, veiled accusation ... show more.
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