file/bring (a) suit
idiom
: to start legal proceedings to settle a disagreement or problem between people or organizations
He filed/brought (a) suit against her.
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Buchert said her firm and the Human Rights Campaign also intend to file suit.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Today, a group of Senate Democrats called the plan unconstitutional, and promised a series of legal challenges; state governments are expected to file suit as well.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
To file suit, the taxpayer must wait at least six months to provide the government with time to review the refund claim (unless the government denies it prior to the end of the six month period).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
The motions respectively argue the newspapers failed to cite examples of infringement, provide evidence that the tech companies knowingly contributed to it, and didn’t file suit within the statute of limitations, among other arguments.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
Today, a group of Senate Democrats called the plan unconstitutional, and promised a series of legal challenges; state governments are expected to file suit as well.
—Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2025
To file suit, the taxpayer must wait at least six months to provide the government with time to review the refund claim (unless the government denies it prior to the end of the six month period).
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
The motions respectively argue the newspapers failed to cite examples of infringement, provide evidence that the tech companies knowingly contributed to it, and didn’t file suit within the statute of limitations, among other arguments.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“File/bring (a) suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/file%2Fbring%20%28a%29%20suit. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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