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lawsuit
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lawsuit: see procedure procedure, in law, the rules that govern the obtaining of legal redress. This article deals only with civil procedure in Anglo-American law (for criminal procedure, see criminal law ).
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; tort tort, in law, the violation of some duty clearly set by law, not by a specific agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract . When such a duty is breached, the injured party has the right to institute suit for compensatory damages .
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lawsuit
a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action


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British Airways had previously claimed only a "very limited number" of employees were involved in two separate price-fixing conspiracies, which have spawnedmultiple regulatory probes and two US class-action law suits demanding damages from the company.
The REIT will also take on $797 million of existing debt and has agreed to indemnify the sellers for certain of their liabilities and expenses arising out of Trump's law suits.
Overtime law suits have become something of a cottage industry in the California Plaintiff's Bar since 2000, when California's "Eight-Hour-Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999" went into effect.
 
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