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lawsuit
Law & medicine An action in which one party, a plaintiff, seeks a remedy for a wrong allegedly committed by another–eg, defendant. See Class action lawsuit, Parasitic lawsuit, Qui tamlawsuit.


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Various matters could be dealt with through civil actions.
Thus, such claims may be the subject of both workers' compensation proceedings and civil actions.
Daly is one of five men being sued in civil actions by relatives of the 29 people killed in the Real IRA bomb at Omagh in 1998.
 
 
 
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