suit against a defendant
1Class action suit against the Vatican Bank and others — The class action suit against the Vatican Bank and Franciscan Order was filed by attorneys Tom Easton and Dr. Jonathan H. Levy in San Francisco, California on November 15 1999. The plaintiffs are concentration camp survivors of Serb, Jewish, Roma …
2defendant — de·fen·dant /di fen dənt, ˌdant/ n: the party against whom a criminal or civil action is brought see also answer, codefendant compare accused, plaintiff …
3Non-suit — Contents 1 United States 1.1 Virginia 2 United Kingdom 3 References United States In the United States, a voluntary nonsuit …
4defendant — The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in an action or suit or the accused in a criminal case. See also joint defendants nominal defendant …
5defendant — The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief or recovery is sought in an action or suit or the accused in a criminal case. See also joint defendants nominal defendant …
6defendant — de•fend•ant [[t]dɪˈfɛn dənt[/t]] or, esp. in court, [[t] dænt[/t]] n. law one against whom a legal action or suit is brought in a court • Etymology: 1275–1325 …
7Trade group efforts against file sharing — Arts and media industry trade groups such as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) strongly oppose and attempt to prevent copyright infringement through file sharing. The… …
8Citizen suit — In the U.S., a citizen suit is a lawsuit by a private citizen to enforce a statute.[1] Citizen suits are particularly common in the field of environmental law.[2] Citizen suits come in three forms. First, a private citizen can bring a lawsuit… …
9Strategic lawsuit against public participation — A Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation ( SLAPP ) is a lawsuit or a threat of lawsuit that is intended to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition …
10Crime against international law — A number of crimes against international law are created by treaty and convention. Some of these crimes are prosecuted before international courts and tribunals. But more difficult questions of jurisdiction arise when the issue is whether a… …
