lawsuit

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

law + suit

Noun

lawsuit (plural lawsuits)

1. (law) 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

case where a court is needed to resolve differences

• Arabic: دعوى (ar) (daʿawā) f
• Armenian: հայց (hy) (haycʿ) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (formal) 訴訟 (cmn), 诉讼 (cmn) (sùsòng), (informal) 官司 (cmn) (guānsi)

• Czech: soudní proces (cs) m
• Dutch: rechtszaak (nl) f
• Esperanto: proceso (eo)
• Finnish: siviilikanne (fi)
• French: poursuite judiciaire (fr) f, procès (fr) m
• German: Gerichtsverfahren (de) n, Rechtsstreit (de) m, Prozess (de) m

• Greek: αγωγή (el) (agogí) f 
• Hungarian: per (hu)
• Italian: causa di tribunale (it) f
• Japanese: 訴訟 (ja) (そしょう, soshō)
• Macedonian: парница (mk) (párnica) f
• Portuguese: processo judicial (pt) m
• Russian: иск (ru) (isk) m , тяжба (ru) (tjážba) f , процесс (ru) (procéss) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: cùis-lagha (gd) f
• Spanish: proceso judicial (es) m, pleito (es) m, litigio (es) m, acción (es) f
• Telugu: వ్యాజ్యము (te)
• Turkish: dava (tr)