lawsuit

English

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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.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8848: 

     It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

   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 f (daʿawā)
• Armenian: հայց (haycʿ)
• Chinese:

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

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

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