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Lawsuit
Lawsuit noun - A court case for enforcing a right or claim.
Usage example: the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture
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Suspecting that his disease was the true cause of his firing, Andrew approaches an old rival lawyer named Joe Miller (Washington) to plead his case in a lawsuit for discrimination.
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He invites Frank Black to join his cause, but when he refuses the Judge hits the police with a lawsuit to make them back off.
Source: Vigilante Man - As if that wasn't enough, they threatened the first two parties that raised awareness of the damage StarForce can cause with a lawsuit, claiming that the FBI has already been notified.
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