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Etymology

From law +‎ suit.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: lôʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːˌs(j)uːt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) enPR: lôʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA^(key): /ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/
(cot–caught merger) enPR: läʹs(j)o͞ot', IPA^(key): /ˈlɑˌs(j)ut/

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.
The lawyer advised his client against filing a lawsuit as it would take a lot of time and money to resolve.

My ex-fiancé filed a lawsuit against me for a false restraining order and defamation.
- 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.

Derived terms

Translations

case where a court is needed to resolve differences

Afrikaans: saak (af)
Arabic: دَعْوَى f (daʕwā)
Armenian: հայց (hy) (haycʻ)
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 / 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 (gl) 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), ügy (hu), panasz (hu), bírósági eljárás
Irish: agra dlí m, cúis dlí f, tagra m
Italian: causa di tribunale f, causa (it)
Japanese: 訴訟 (ja) (そしょう, soshō)
Khmer: បណ្ដឹង (km) (bɑndəng)
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) (zaaldlaga)
Ottoman Turkish: یارغو (yarğı)
Persian: دعویٰ (fa) (da'vâ)
Plautdietsch: Jerechtsstriet m
Polish: pozew (pl) m
Portuguese: processo judicial m, processo (pt) m, pleito (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
Swahili: kesi (sw)
Tagalog: pleyto
Tajik: даъво (da'vo)
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

Verb

lawsuit (third-person singular simple present lawsuits, present participle lawsuiting, simple past and past participle lawsuited)

To bring a lawsuit.
- 1970, Charles Lucey, Ireland and the Irish: Cathleen Ni Houlihan is Alive and Well, page 112:
  The master, said Thady, lawsuited against the tenants […]