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  • 1bring an action against someone — make a claim against someone, sue someone, make a lawsuit against a person …

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  • 2Strategic 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 …

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  • 3lawsuit — / lɔ:su:t/ noun a case brought to a court ♦ to bring a lawsuit against someone to tell someone to appear in court to settle an argument ♦ to defend a lawsuit to appear in court to state your case …

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  • 4bring — /brɪŋ/ verb to come to a place with someone or something ● He brought his documents with him. ● The finance director brought her assistant to take notes of the meeting. (NOTE: bringing–brought) ♦ to bring a lawsuit against someone to tell someone …

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  • 5bring — W1S1 [brıŋ] v past tense and past participle brought [bro:t US bro:t] [T] [: Old English; Origin: bringan] 1.) a) to take something or someone with you to the place where you are now, or to the place you are talking about →↑take ▪ Did you bring… …

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  • 6lawsuit — law‧suit [ˈlɔːsuːt, sjuːt ǁ ˈlɒːsuːt] noun [countable] LAW a charge, claim, or complaint against someone that is made in a court of law by a private person or company, not by the police or state: lawsuit against • Local people filed a private… …

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  • 7Lawsuit — Litigators redirects here. For John Grisham s 25th novel, see The Litigators. Civil action redirects here. For the film of the same name, see A Civil Action. Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil …

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  • 8Lawsuit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lawsuit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lawsuit lawsuit suit action cause Sgm: N 1 litigation litigation Sgm: N 1 suit in law suit in law Sgm: N 1 dispute dispute &c. 713 GRP …

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  • 9lawsuit — n. 1) to bring, file, institute; lose; settle; win a lawsuit 2) a lawsuit against; over * * * [ lɔːsjuːt] file institute lose over settle win a lawsuit …

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  • 10Bring It On Home — Song infobox Name = Bring It On Home Artist = Sonny Boy Williamson II Album = The Real Folk Blues Released = 1965 track no = 7 Recorded = january 11, 1963 Chicago Genre = Blues Length = 2:33 Writer = Willie Dixon Label = Chess Producer = Marshall …

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