Sue vs Lawsuit - What's the difference?
sue | lawsuit |
To follow.
* , Bk.XIII, Ch.iv:
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queen) , III.iv:
(label) To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
(label) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
To clean (the beak, etc.).
To leave high and dry on shore.
To court.
(legal) 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.
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As nouns the difference between sue and lawsuit
is that sue is a Mary Sue (type of character in fiction) while lawsuit is 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.As a verb sue
is to follow.As a proper noun Sue
is a diminutive of Susan and of related female given names; popular as a middle name.sue
English
Verb
- And the olde knyght seyde unto the yonge knyght, ‘Sir, swith me.’
- though oft looking backward, well she vewd, / Her selfe freed from that foster insolent, / And that it was a knight, which now her sewd , / Yet she no lesse the knight feard, then that villein rude.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "sue")Derived terms
* sue for peaceAnagrams
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(wikipedia lawsuit)Noun
Can China clean up fast enough?, passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits .}}