lawsuit

See also: law suit

English

law +‎ suit

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.

case where a court is needed to resolve differences

Afrikaans: saak (af)
Arabic: دَعَوَى‎ f (daʿawā)
Armenian: հայց (hy) (haycʿ)
Catalan: plet (ca) m, litigi (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 訴訟, 诉讼 (sou³ zung⁶) (formal), 官司 (gun¹ si¹)

Mandarin: 訴訟 (zh), 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)

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 (párnica)
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

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