Synonyms for lawsuit


Grammar : Noun
Spell : law-soot
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔˌsut

Top 10 synonyms for lawsuit Other synonyms for the word lawsuit

Définition of lawsuit

Origin :
  • 1620s, from law + suit (n.).
  • noun case brought to court
Example sentences :
  • He used to boast that he had a lawsuit for every letter in the alphabet.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • For, if poor, they will think a bird in the hand worth two in the bush of a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Was the paper you lost something to do with the Sterzer-Gordon lawsuit?
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It frightens me—raising my old nightmare of a lawsuit about the legitimacy of my child.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Then Mr. Mildmay, who is so very quiet, said that there would be a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • Now that it is begun, I am going to out with it, if it costs a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • It is said there must be a right and a wrong side to every lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
  • I cannot think you have any thing serious to fear from a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « St. Ronan's Well » by Sir Walter Scott
  • With the one it's a feud, and with the other it's a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers » by Ian Maclaren
  • I had some trouble with them years ago, and I won out in a lawsuit.
  • Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
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