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Definitions of lawsuit
  1. noun
    a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

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  • lawyer a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
  • attorney a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice
  • intervention (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress; admission of person not an original party to the suit so that person can protect some right or interest that is allegedly affected by the proceedings
  • litigator (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
  • litigant (law) a party to a lawsuit; someone involved in litigation
  • garnishment a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee
  • barratry the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels
  • prevailing party the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor
  • bastardy proceeding a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
  • lis pendens a pending lawsuit
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