to raise;  to bring to (someone's attention);  to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.);  to work on (one's emotions);  to complain;  to sue (a person)
 to make an appeal;  to urge
 accusation;  complaint;  charge;  legal action
 nonprosecution;  nonindictment
 petition;  complaint;  (legal) brief
 appeal to a higher court;  intermediate appeal
 winning a (legal) case;  victory (in a legal case)
 prosecution;  indictment;  impeachment
 a suitor;  an accuser;  a complainant;  an informant;  sue;  accuse
 criminal complaint;  lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)
 appeal (to customers);  solicitation (of business);  rousing consumer interest (in a product)
 divorce suit;  divorce proceedings
 to make an appeal;  to urge
 civil action;  civil suit;  civil proceedings
 appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
 suspension of indictment;  leaving charge on the file
 class action;  class-action suit;  class-action lawsuit
 imploring with tears in one's eyes
 limitation;  prescription of the right to prosecute an accused;  statute of limitation
 appellate court;  court of appeal
 indictment without arrest;  house arrest;  prosecution without physical restraint
 to appeal to one's reason
 summary indictment;  information (lodged, etc.)
 general malaise;  unidentified complaint;  all-round poor physical condition
 record (of legal proceedings in a court)
 plea;  entreaty;  supplication
 acquittal;  dismissal (of a case)
 criminal action;  Criminal Procedure Code
 (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
 original suit;  main lawsuit;  main action
 appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
 bypassing normal legal procedures and making a direct appeal to a top official (Edo period)
 Judge Indictment Committee
 access to courts;  bringing an action
 supplementary suit;  supplementary indictment
 litigant;  plaintiff;  suitor
 customer appeal;  the power to appeal to customers
 appeals court;  appellate court
 dismissal of an intermediate appeal
 counteraction;  counterclaim
 grumbling or mumbling to oneself
 administrative litigation (action)
 plea;  entreaty;  supplication
 lawsuit undertaken without legal representation;  pro se lawsuit
 mandatory indictment;  indictment by a lay prosecution committee
 procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
 right to take legal action;  right to take action
 trial management (e.g. by the court)
 pendency;  pending legal case;  pending litigation;  pendente lite
 copyright infringement suit
 act of litigation;  act of procedure
 bypassing normal legal procedures and making a direct appeal to a top official (Edo period)
 pendency;  pending legal case;  pending litigation;  pendente lite
 to accuse;  to rise up in judgment against (judgement)
 term in which an appeal may be filed
 public prosecutor's appeal
 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
 class action lawsuit;  class action
 authority of prosecution;  authority to indict
 third-party action against execution
 excessive or unreasonable legal action;  vexatious litigation
 excessive or unreasonable legal action;  vexatious litigation
 person reporting to have symptoms (of a disease, etc.)
 Rules of Criminal Procedure
 party not named in (this) court case;  non-party;  person outside a suit
 civil action;  civil suit;  civil proceedings;  (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
 (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)