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litigation; lawsuit

prosecution; indictment

direct appeal

accusation; complaint; charge; legal action

nonprosecution; nonindictment

petition; complaint; (legal) brief

appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal

appeal; complaint

a suitor; an accuser; a complainant; an informant; sue; accuse

presenting a case; suing

winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)

direct petition

loss of a (legal) case

(written) indictment

appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)

prosecution; indictment; impeachment

false charges; slander

appeal trial

divorce suit; divorce proceedings

criminal complaint; lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)

accusation; prosecution

appeal (in court)

complaint

civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings

appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)

class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit

Criminal Procedure Code

suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file

limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation

imploring with tears in one's eyes

lawsuit; (legal) case

appellate court; court of appeal

main complaint

criminal action

petition; appeal

general malaise; unidentified complaint; all-round poor physical condition

criminal action; Criminal Procedure Code

small claims lawsuit

litigant; litigator

record (of legal proceedings in a court)

plea; entreaty; supplication

appellant

acquittal; dismissal (of a case)

original suit; main lawsuit; main action

complainant; plaintiff

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

(lawsuit) costs

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

supplementary indictment

Criminal Procedure Code

summary indictment; information (lodged, etc.)

access to courts; bringing an action

litigant; plaintiff; suitor

supplementary suit; supplementary indictment

customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers

charge; count

dismissal of an intermediate appeal

indictment committee

counteraction; counterclaim

grumbling or mumbling to oneself

procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)

grounds for an appeal

shareholder lawsuit

indictment without arrest; house arrest; prosecution without physical restraint

appeals court; appellate court

damages suit

lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit

act of litigation; act of procedure

copyright infringement suit

trial management (e.g. by the court)

pendency; pending legal case; pending litigation; pendente lite

right to take legal action; right to take action

right of appeal

administrative litigation (action)

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

petitioner

Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

statute of limitations

term in which an appeal may be filed

prosecutor

public prosecutor's appeal

medical suit

person reporting to have symptoms (of a disease, etc.)

party not named in (this) court case; non-party; person outside a suit

Rules of Criminal Procedure

mandatory indictment; indictment by a lay prosecution committee

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

Judge Indictment Committee

countersuit

(the) prosecution

petition of appeal

class action lawsuit; class action

authority of prosecution; authority to indict

excessive or unreasonable legal action; vexatious litigation

civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings; (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

test case

Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

amount in controversy