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What is a lawsuit?

What is a lawsuit? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
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Her position has always been that she has not released the rights to the photos, and she's filed a lawsuit over it.
The case was remanded back to circuit court in Illinois where the original lawsuit will be tried on its merits.
On the news today, maybe you heard about a lawsuit brought by parents of a child who was bullied at school.
In a typical lawsuit, such witnesses would be free to speak with any parties or their counsel.
This, of course, presumes filing the lawsuit in a jurisdiction with such a law.
Dropping a loaded firearm is not so much a gross violation of gun etiquette as it is an invitation to a lawsuit.

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