Keyword
lawsuit
Info
FrequencyTop 2900-3000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig850
Readings
しょう
(100%)
Composed of
say
public
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
litigation; lawsuit
divorce suit; divorce proceedings
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
lawsuit; (legal) case
record (of legal proceedings in a court)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
dispute by legal action; contentious
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
administrative litigation (action)
lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit
trial management (e.g. by the court)
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
pendency; pending legal case; pending litigation; pendente lite
act of litigation; act of procedure
pendency; pending legal case; pending litigation; pendente lite
Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants
Examples (4 in total)
The judge disposed of the case in short order.
The judge in the case was not fair.
She sued him for damages.