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    [Noun]  | "law*suit" | \ ˈlȯ-ˌsüt \


    1: a suit in law : a case before a court


    Origin: 1583 ;

    [Idiom]  | "file/initiate a lawsuit" 


    1: to start a process by which a court of law makes a decision to end a disagreement between people or organizations

    [Idiom]  | "settle a lawsuit" 


    1: to end a lawsuit before the court makes a decision about it

    [Noun]  | "lawsuit" 


    1: a court case for enforcing a right or claim;


      * e.g., " ... the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture "



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     [ "lawsuit" ]

    1: Something vietnamese people do when they get into accidents.

      * e.g.,  ... I got into an accident with a vietmese lady and now she's trying to get as much money as she can out of my insurance by filing a LAWSUIT. 

     [ "Lawsuit" ]

    1: Wealth transfer in the name of justice.

      * e.g.,  ... Criminal cases are about paying time for doing the crime; but civil lawsuits are just about an attempt at wealth transfer in the name of justice. 

     [ "Lawsuit" ]

    1: It's what people recommend you wear if you're a lawyer, or you have a court date

      * e.g.,  ... I have to meet a client in 30 minutes, where'd I put my lawsuit? 

     [ "lawsuited" ]

    1: To receive a lawsuit

      * e.g.,  ... I was lawsuited for pushing him down the mountain, because he was severly injured. 

     [ "lawsuitable" ]

    1: When you are able to file a lawsuit against a particular thing.

      * e.g.,  ... John: Dude this guy just ran over my cat! 

     [ "Lawsuit" ]

    1: that thing you file against your parents because you didnt ask to be born then it starts up some family tea,

      * e.g.,  ... you:"mom im filing a lawsuit against you" 

     [ "lawsuite" ]

    1: What people threaten to do when you post nasty things about them on the internet.

      * e.g.,  ... Isn't "HEH HEH I BET THEY'D CHANGE THEIR TUNE IF WE ISSUED A LAWSUITE" what they say 99% of the time? Way to act just like them. (I know you said you're not really suggesting it...but still.) 

     [ "Lawsuit" ]

    1: An incredible garage band that should have gone bigtime. Home grown in Davis, CA

      * e.g.,  ... Lawsuit's best album was Third Rail Power Trip 

     [ "Lawsuit Whore" ]

    1: A lawsuit whore is a person who sues for problems that are THEIR OWN FAULT. They have no common sense. Many of them have the reputation for being American; however it must be clarified that most Americans are not lawsuit whores and they believe in personal responsibility.

      * e.g.,  ... Apparently a burglar got trapped in a garage and had to survive on dog food; then he sued the homeowners and got money. What a lawsuit whore. Anyone who spills coffee on themselves and sues the place where they bought the coffee is a major lawsuit whore. 

     [ "Lawsuit hot" ]

    1: A liquid so hot that if served in a restaurant would be grounds for legal action. See Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants

      * e.g.,  ... (After sipping some coffee) "Goddamn! This coffee is lawsuit hot!" 

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