Associations to the word «Lawsuit»

Wiktionary

LAWSUIT, noun. (legal) 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.

Dictionary definition

LAWSUIT, noun. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats