lawsuit

[ law-soot ]

/ ˈlɔˌsut /

a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.

Origin of lawsuit

First recorded in 1615–25; law¹ + suit

Team Cosby has vehemently denied the allegations, dating back at least to a 2004 lawsuit that the comedian settled out of court.

Team Cosby’s Mission Impossible |Lloyd Grove |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.

Texas Congressman Sued Over "Wet Dreams" About Former Staffer |Ben Jacobs |December 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As she noted, there have been no other known incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby that postdate the 2005 lawsuit.

Here’s What She’d Tell Bill Cosby Today |Dean Obeidallah |December 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In August, Trump filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the casino and from the nearby, since-closed Trump Plaza.

I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal |Olivia Nuzzi |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Cosby settled a lawsuit filed by one of the women, but he has never spoken of the allegations in public.

How the World Turned on Bill Cosby: A Day-by-Day Account |Scott Porch |December 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Your wife is my sister—I hate poor relations—and I was therefore much interested in your accession and your lawsuit.

Night and Morning, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
If I recollect rightly that diamond afterwards played a part in a lawsuit.

Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life |Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
I decided to go back to Virginia (my wife had never been there) and settle up a lawsuit I had pending in the courts.

Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler |Rev. Gross Alexander
First of all, the best part of a benefit is lost if a lawsuit is allowable, as in the case of a definite loan.

The World's Greatest Books--Volume 14--Philosophy and Economics |Various
You have been a witness for your husband in every lawsuit he has had, have you not?

The Art of Cross-Examination |Francis L. Wellman

lawsuit

/ (ˈlɔːˌsuːt, -ˌsjuːt) /

a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action