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lawsuits

[law-soot] Origin

law·suit

[law-soot]
noun
a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.

Origin:
1615–25; law1 + suit
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Word Origin & History

lawsuit
1620s, from law + suit (n.).
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