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: دَعْوَى (ar) f (daʿwā)
- Armenian: հայց (hy) (haycʿ)
- Azerbaijani: dava (az), iddia (az)
- Belarusian: іск m (isk), пазо́ў m (pazóŭ)
- Bulgarian: съде́бен проце́с m (sǎdében procés), иск (bg) m (isk)
- Catalan: plet (ca) m, litigi (ca) m, causa (ca) f
- 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, juĝafero
- Finnish: siviilikanne, kanne (fi), oikeusjuttu (fi)
- French: poursuite judiciaire (fr) f, procès (fr) m, poursuite (fr) f
- Galician: preito m, litixio m
- German: Gerichtsverfahren (de) n, Rechtsstreit (de) m, Prozess (de) m, Klage (de) f
- Alemannic German: Chlegti f
- Greek: αγωγή (el) f (agogí), μήνυση (el) f (mínysi)
- Hindi: दावा (hi) m (dāvā)
- Hungarian: per (hu), kereset (hu)
- Irish: agra dlí m, cúis dlí f, tagra m
- Italian: causa di tribunale f, causa (it)
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- Japanese: 訴訟 (ja) (そしょう, soshō)
- Korean: 소송(訴訟) (ko) (sosong)
- Latin: līs (la) f, dica (la) f
- Lithuanian: skundas m
- Macedonian: парница f (parnica)
- Middle English: sute, questioun, askynge, accion, ple
- Mongolian: заалдлага (mn) (dzaaldlaga)
- Persian: دعویٰ (da'vâ)
- Plautdietsch: Jerechtsstriet m
- Polish: pozew (pl) m
- 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), суде́бный проце́сс (ru) m (sudébnyj procéss)
- Scottish Gaelic: cùis-lagha f
- Slovak: súdny proces m
- Spanish: proceso judicial m, proceso (es) m, pleito (es) m, litigio (es) m, acción (es) f, causa (es) f
- Tagalog: pleyto
- Tajik: даъво (daʾvo)
- Telugu: వ్యాజ్యము (te) (vyājyamu)
- Turkish: dava (tr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎔𐎉 (ṯpṭ)
- Ukrainian: по́зов m (pózov), судо́вий проце́с m (sudóvyj procés)
- Urdu: مُقَدَّمَہ (muqaddama), دعویٰ m (da'vā)
- Welsh: achos cyfreithiol m, achos cyfraith m, cyngaws m
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