lawsuit

Roget category 969

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.5. Moral institutions

#969. Lawsuit

noun

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)..

verb

go to law, appeal to the law — bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar — put on trial, pull up — accuse etc. 938 — prefer a claim, file a claim etc. n. — take the law of, inform against.
serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit — arrest — summon, summons — give in charge etc. (restrain) 751.
empanel a jury, implead^†, join issue — close the pleadings — set down for hearing.
try, hear a cause — sit in judgment — adjudicate etc. 480.

adjective

litigious etc. (quarrelsome) 713 — qui tam — coram judice [Lat.], sub judice [Lat.].

adverb

pendente lite [Lat.].

phrase

adhuc sub judice lis est [Lat.] — accedas ad curiam [Lat.] — transeat in exemplum [Lat.].

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