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lawsuit
noun
a
case
brought
before
a
court
in
which
one
person
,
company
,
or
organization
claims
another
has
done
something
wrong
and
asks
the
court
for
a
decision
or
compensation
•
The
neighbor
filed
a
lawsuit
after
the
tree
fell
on
his
car
.
The
neighbor
filed
a
lawsuit
after
the
tree
fell
on
his
car
.
•
The
company
settled
the
lawsuit
to
avoid
a
lengthy
trial
.
The
company
settled
the
lawsuit
to
avoid
a
lengthy
trial
.
From
the
late
14th-century
sense
of
“
suit
in
law
,”
formed
by
combining
law
+
suit
,
where
suit
meant
“
petition
to
a
court
.”
Over
time
the
compound
fused
into
a
single
word
.
