- Lawsuit - The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring
to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind;
as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the
prosecution of war. - The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court
of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some
wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a
complaining party, as distinguished from defense. - The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a
criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an
offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment
on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information. - The party by whom criminal proceedings are instituted.
- Detailed description - The act of specifying or determining by a mark or
limit; notation of limits. - The designation of particulars; particular mention;
as, the specification of a charge against an officer. - A written statement containing a minute description
or enumeration of particulars, as of charges against a public officer,
the terms of a contract, the description of an invention, as in a
patent; also, a single article, item, or particular, an allegation of a
specific act, as in a charge of official misconduct.