divorce suit; divorce proceedings
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
legal proceedings; legal procedures; legal process
record (of legal proceedings in a court)
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
trial management (e.g. by the court)
copyright infringement suit
pendency; pending litigation; pendente lite
act of litigation; act of procedure
lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit
administrative litigation (action)
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants
class action lawsuit; class action