S: (n) lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy) "the family brought suit against the landlord"
S: (n) civil suit (a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant)
S: (n) class action, class-action suit (a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group)
S: (n) criminal suit (a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant)
S: (n) moot (a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise) "he organized the weekly moot"
S: (n) paternity suit, bastardy proceeding (a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined))
Verb
S: (v) consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate (think about carefully; weigh) "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Adjective
S: (adj) moot (of no legal significance (as having been previously decided))