0 a problem taken to a law court by an ordinary person or an organization rather than the police in order to obtain a legal decision:
1 a disagreement between people or organizations that is brought to a court of law for a decision:
The lawsuit is aimed at protecting this species of salamander.
2 a disagreement between people or organizations that is brought to a court of law for a decision:
bring/file/threaten a lawsuit against sb A lawsuit for sexual harassment was brought by two women against their former employer.
civil/federal lawsuit The SEC alleges in their civil lawsuit against the firm that its fraud scheme cost investors a billion dollars.
a defamation/libel/malpractice lawsuit
an antitrust/infringement lawsuit
What was the outcome of the lawsuit?
More and more lawsuits are being brought against these companies.
It is possible that area lawsuit activity cause c-section rates to be higher than the optimum level.
After the 1960s, a certain awareness of the iniquity of the 'system' arose, and lawsuits to obtain the payment of royalties became more common.
But what the documents and records of judicial precedents do reveal is that ordinary people filed an extraordinarily large number of lawsuits.
