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nouna comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedytype of:
Definition that contains lawsuit
- 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
- class action a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group
- friend of the court an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest
- paternity suit 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)