讼

litigation

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]

lawsuit

lawsuit

procedural law

common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)

to be involved in a lawsuit

dispute involving litigation / legal dispute

(of a body of people) to offer all kinds of different opinions (idiom) / to argue endlessly

to hear litigation (in a law court) / to hear a case

pendente lite / during litigation

lawsuit / legal case

legal fees / costs (of a lawsuit)

to contest a lawsuit

to be drunk and rowdy

(law) class action

criminal procedure

to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery

pendente lite / during litigation