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Noun
1

a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

Broader Terms (hypernyms)
proceeding
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
antitrust case civil action counterclaim custody case lis pendens prosecution test case
Rhyming Words
law claw flaw plaw slaw klaw unlaw inlaw pilaw bylaw prelaw by law byrlaw beclaw loblaw in law of law sublaw samlaw declaw
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