replevin

Main Entry:
lawsuit [law-soot]
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: redeem
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: recover possession
Synonyms: buy back, buy off, call in, cash, cash in, change, cover, defray, discharge, exchange, get back, make good, pay off, purchase, ransom, recapture, reclaim, recoup, regain, reinstate, repay, replevin, replevy, repossess, repurchase, restore, retrieve, settle, take in, trade in, win back
Antonyms: forfeit, lose
Main Entry: writ
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: court order
Synonyms: command, decree, document, habeas corpus, mandate, paper, prescript, process, replevin, subpoena, summons, warrant
Main Entry: recovery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: the act of regaining possession
Synonyms: compensation, indemnification, recall, recapture, reclamation, recouping, redemption, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, replevin, replevy, repossession, rescue, restoration, retaking, retrieval, return
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Lawsuit.
Category: 5. Institutions
Synonyms:
-nouns
lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute., citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation; presentment, true bill, indictment., apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment (restraint)., writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius; venire, venire facias, pleadings; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal; bill of right, information, corpus delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder; surrebutter, surrejoinder., suitor, party to a suit; litigant., hearing, trial; verdice (judgment); appeal, appeal motion; writ of error; certiorari., case; decison, precedent; decided case, reports., go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on trial, pull up; accuse; prefer a claim, file a claimn.; take the law of, inform against., serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prossecute, bring an action against, indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge (restrain)., empanel a jury, implead, join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing., try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate.
-adjectives
litigious (quarrelsome); qui tam; coram judice, sub judice.
-adverbs
pendente lite.
-phrases
adjuc sub judice lis est; accedas ad curiam; transeat in exemplum.
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