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lawsuit

/law-soot/US // ˈlɔˌsut //UK // (ˈlɔːˌsuːt, -ˌsjuːt) //

诉讼,打官司,官司,法律诉讼

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.

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Examples

  • It is still contending with lawsuits from the scandal, while trumpeting new environmental initiatives.

  • West, who has made only fitful campaign statements since declaring his bid 10 weeks ago, has said nothing about the lawsuits, delegating that work to attorneys.

  • In response, TikTok filed a lawsuit against the US government on the grounds that the ban prevents due process for the company.

  • Coffee farmers in Kona on Hawaii’s Big Island, for example, are using the results of an elemental analysis to support a class action lawsuit, scheduled for trial in November, against 21 major retailers.

  • At the same time, the company filed a federal lawsuit against the ban.

  • On Dec. 30, she filed a similar lawsuit in D.C. Superior Court.

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

  • The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.

  • As she noted, there have been no other known incidents of alleged sexual misconduct by Cosby that postdate the 2005 lawsuit.

  • Wright has filed a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful termination.

  • On account of that, the governor determined to make me the object of a lawsuit, and received his witnesses.

  • An attorney traveling with his clerk to the circuit, the latter asked his master what was the chief point in a lawsuit.

  • Yet what an angry, disgusted woman I was when I went over this road before, lawsuit-wards, so to speak.

  • I could not possibly get them to pay more, and thought it most prudent to accept their offer rather than risk a lawsuit with them.

  • A covenant to protect the buyer from encumbrances, claims, etc., does not always relieve him from the expense of a lawsuit.