| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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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