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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter coming before court of law |
| Synonyms: | action, case, cause, contention, dispute, lawsuit, process, prosecution, suit, trial |
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| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter brought before a court |
| Synonyms: | action, argument, cause, claim, dispute, evidence, lawsuit, litigation, petition, proceedings, process, proof, suit, trial |
| Main Entry: | justice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | lawsuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | case brought to court |
| Synonyms: | accusation, action, argument, arraignment, assumpsit, bill, cause, claim, contest, dispute, impeachment, indictment, litigation, presentment, proceedings, prosecution, replevin, suit, trial |
| Main Entry: | suit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal action |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, prosecution, trial |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal proceeding |
| Synonyms: | action, arraignment, case, citation, claim, contest, counterclaim, court action, court martial, cross-examination, habeas corpus, hearing, impeachment, indictment, lawsuit, litigation, prosecution, rap, seizure, suit, tribunal |
| Main Entry: | legal action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judicial proceeding |
| Synonyms: | court case, lawsuit, legal proceeding, litigation, trial |
| Main Entry: | court case |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legal case |
| Synonyms: | case, cause, cause in court, hearing, lawsuit, litigation, proceeding, trial |
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| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
analytic, cut-and-try, docimastic, empirical, essaying, experimental, icarian, on one's trial, peirastic, probationary, probative, probatory, provisional, tentative, under probation
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