causa

Noun
  1. A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (synset 101185144)
    "the family brought suit against the landlord"
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings - (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
    subtypes:
    • civil suit - a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant
    • class action, class-action suit - a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group
    • countersuit - a suit brought against someone who has sued you
    • criminal suit - a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant
    • moot - a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
    • bastardy proceeding, paternity suit - a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined)
    same as: case, cause, lawsuit, suit

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