Synonyms of the word

lawsuit

• n. (law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case…

case

• n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
• n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
• n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
• n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
• n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
• n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
• n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
• n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
• n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
• v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
• n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
• n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
• n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
• n. An enclosing frame or casing.
• n. A suitcase.
• n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
• n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
• n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
• n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
• n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
• n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
• n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
• n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
• adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
• v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
• v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
• v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

cause

• n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
• n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
• n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
• n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
• n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
• n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
• v. To set off an event or action.
• v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
• v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

proceeding

• v. present participle of proceed.
• n. The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.
• n. (especially in plural) An event or happening; something that happens.
• n. The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference.
• n. Progress or movement from one thing to another.
• n. A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction.
• n. (law) Any legal action, especially one that is not a lawsuit.

proceedings

• n. plural of proceeding.
• n. (law, plural only) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law. (Can we date this quote…
• n. The published record of the actions of a society, or of things done at its meetings.

suit

• n. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business…
• n. (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
• n. (pejorative, slang, metonymically) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss…
• n. A full set of armour.
• n. (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery…
• n. The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
• n. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
• n. The full set of sails required for a ship.
• n. (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such…
• n. (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
• n. (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
• n. (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
• n. (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc…
• v. To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
• v. (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
• v. To be appropriate or apt for.
• v. (most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
• v. To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
• v. (intransitive) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to, archaically…