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CIVIL SUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does civil suit mean?
• CIVIL SUIT (noun)
The noun CIVIL SUIT has 1 sense:
1. a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant
Familiarity information: CIVIL SUIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("civil suit" is a kind of...):
case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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