CIVIL SUIT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("civil suit" is a kind of...):

case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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