This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. An action or a suit brought before a court, as to recover a right or redress a grievance.

n. 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.

n. An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

n. A suit at law or in equity; an action or a proceeding in a civil court; a process in law instituted by one party to compel another to do him justice.

n. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

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proceeding    proceedings    legal proceeding   

civil suit    moot    class-action suit    class action    paternity suit    bastardy proceeding    countersuit    criminal suit   

litigation    prosecution    dispute    proceeding    liability    scandal    trial    complaint    arrest    transaction