Definition: 1. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy. 2. A claim or complaint against somebody that a person or an organization can make in court.
Use 'lawsuit' in a sentence:
1. Disney and Marvel did not respond, the lawsuit claims.
2. The dispute culminated last week in a lawsuit against the government.
3. He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.
4. A Regence spokesman says the company couldn't comment on the lawsuit directly.
5. The dimensions match those for the stage mentioned in the lawsuits.
6. Section 1 Bringing a Lawsuit and Entertaining a Case.
7. The Springer Group has filed a lawsuit in the Daily News, accusing the latter of initiating a road name change that was too labor-intensive and costly.
8. Can you say, "Class Action Lawsuit?"
9. The lawsuit against Ford became Kearns' life.
10. But she just can't live with the lawsuit.
11. Article 27 A lawsuit brought on a bill dispute shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the bill is to be paid or where the defendant has his domicile.
12. I mean, you would never receive a lawsuit by E-mail.
13. A decision against the cigarette companies could open the floodgates to many more lawsuits.
14. It is the first public-interest lawsuit in China related to pollution from automobile3 exhaust.
15. The lead plaintiff of the lawsuit is the University of California.
16. The Independent Pilots Association has filed a lawsuit asking the government to set one level of safety for all pilots.
17. A lawsuit begins with the filing of a complaint.
18. Article 108 The following conditions must be met when a lawsuit is brought:
19. They have filed a lawsuit to that effect.
20. The family is close, and the lawsuit has brought them closer.
21. Siddharth Chandrashekhar, a lawyer in Mumbai, filed a public interest lawsuit had already confirmed more than 2000 victims of the scams.
22. I first learned about it through a lawsuit I read about in my doctor's office--which was between the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine and seven different fast food restaurants.
23. A long-running lawsuit is pending.
24. SpaceX is yet to comment on the lawsuit.
25. Inappropriate, excessive or capricious administration of aversive stimulation has led to scandals, lawsuits and prohibitions.
26. His view perhaps is lawsuit of a law is augural.
27. Article 24 A lawsuit brought on a contract dispute shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the defendant has his domicile or where the contract is performed.
28. They threatened him with a lawsuit.
29. BYD is contesting the lawsuit.
30. As a new style lawsuit possessing special function, independence of economic lawsuit has brought about the widespread attention in the field of the law in china.
31. An additional, unstated reason for his resignation may have been a lawsuit filed against him.
32. One even filed a lawsuit.
33. Sears then countered by filing an antitrust lawsuit.
34. In May, Julie Nimmons, president of Schutt Sports in Illinois, successfully fought a lawsuit involving a football player who was paralyzed in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet.
35. Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims.
36. In 2008 and 2009, class-action lawsuits were filed against SC Johnson for using "Greenlist" labels on its cleaning products.
37. Win your lawsuit and lose your money.
38. This week, however, the lawsuit resurfaced.
39. Probably not, which brings us back to that Amazon lawsuit.
40. Hearings began in Germany's biggest shareholder lawsuit.
41. Article 33 A lawsuit brought for general average shall be under the jurisdiction of the people's court of the place where the ship first docked or where the adjustment of general average was conducted or where the voyage ended.
42. American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.
43. The lawsuits related to customs and foreign trade are more complicated than other administrative suits.
44. In 1998, over 3000 relics were returned to China after cooperation by law enforcement units, a lawsuit.
45. A handful of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against companies accused of using misleading environmental labels.
46. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
47. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.
48. The likelihood of being named in a federal class-action lawsuit also increases, and the stock is likely to perform worse.
49. Have we really gotten to the point that planting a seed can lead to a high-stakes Supreme Court patent lawsuit?
50. The lawsuits said that the label was misleading because it gave the impression that the products had been certified by a third party when the certification was the company's own.
51. She alone must have been the moving spirit behind the lawsuit that lost me my position.
52. He filed a lawsuit against his record company.
53. I have consulted an attorney who will file criminal charges as well as a civil lawsuit grounded in assault and battery.
