English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] law suit
Pronunciation [ edit ] lawsuit (plural lawsuits
( 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? ”, in The Economist
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 [ edit ]
case where a court is needed to resolve differences
Afrikaans: saak
Arabic: دَعَوَى f ( daʿawā )
Armenian: հայց (hy) ( haycʿ )
Catalan: plet (ca) m litigi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: ( formal ) 訴訟 (zh) , 诉讼 (zh) ( sùsòng ) , ( informal ) 官司 (zh) ( guānsi )
Czech: soudní proces m proces (cs) m soudní pře f
Danish: retssag (da) c
Dutch: rechtszaak (nl) f zaak (nl) m , f
Esperanto: proceso (eo)
Finnish: siviilikanne kanne (fi) , oikeusjuttu
French: poursuite judiciaire (fr) f procès (fr) m poursuite (fr) f
German: Gerichtsverfahren (de) n Rechtsstreit (de) m Prozess (de) m
Greek: αγωγή (el) f ( agogí ) , μήνυση (el) f ( mínysi )
Hungarian: per (hu)
Irish: agra dlí m cúis dlí f tagra m
Italian: causa di tribunale f causa (it)
Japanese: 訴訟 (ja) ( そしょう, soshō )
Korean: 소송 (ko) ( sosong )
Macedonian: парница f ( párnica )
Portuguese: processo judicial m processo (pt) m
Romanian: caz judiciar n proces (ro) , cauză (ro) f
Russian: иск (ru) m ( isk ) , тя́жба (ru) f ( tjážba ) , проце́сс (ru) m ( procéss )
Scottish Gaelic: cùis-lagha f
Spanish: proceso judicial m proceso (es) m pleito m litigio (es) m acción (es) f
Tagalog: pleyto
Telugu: వ్యాజ్యము (te) ( vyājyamu )
Turkish: dava (tr)
Welsh: achos cyfreithiol m achos cyfraith m
