English
Etymology
law + suit
Pronunciation
Noun
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 , 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
Afrikaans: saak (af)
Arabic: دَعَوَى f ( daʕawā )
Armenian: հայց (hy) ( haycʻ )
Bulgarian: съдебен процес m ( sǎdeben proces )
Catalan: plet (ca) m , litigi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 訴訟 / 诉讼 ( sou3 zung6 ) , 诉讼 ( sou3 zung6 ) ( formal ) , 官司 ( gun1 si1 )
Mandarin: 訴訟 / 诉讼 (zh) ( sùsòng ) , 诉讼 (zh) ( sùsòng ) ( formal ) , 官司 (zh) ( guānsi ) ( informal )
Czech: soudní proces m , proces (cs) m , soudní pře f
Danish: retssag (da) c
Dutch: rechtszaak (nl) f , zaak (nl) m or f
Esperanto: proceso (eo) , juĝafero
Finnish: siviilikanne , kanne (fi) , oikeusjuttu (fi)
French: poursuite judiciaire (fr) f , procès (fr) m , poursuite (fr) f
German: Gerichtsverfahren (de) n , Rechtsstreit (de) m , Prozess (de) m
Alemannic German: Chlegti f
Greek: αγωγή (el) f ( agogí ) , μήνυση (el) f ( mínysi )
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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 )
Latin: līs (la) f , dica (la) f
Macedonian: парница f ( parnica )
Middle English: sute , questioun , askynge , accion , ple
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 (es) m , litigio (es) m , acción (es) f
Tagalog: pleyto
Telugu: వ్యాజ్యము (te) ( vyājyamu )
Turkish: dava (tr)
Welsh: achos cyfreithiol m , achos cyfraith m