Lawsuit vs. Case

Lawsuitnoun

(legal) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.

Lawsuitnoun

An action at law; a suit in equity or admiralty; any legal proceeding before a court for the enforcement of a claim.

Lawsuitnoun

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

Lawsuit

A lawsuit is a proceeding by a party or parties against another in the civil court of law. The archaic term is found in only a small number of laws still in effect today.

Casenoun

An actual event, situation, or fact.

Casenoun

A given condition or state.

Casenoun

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

Casenoun

(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

Casenoun

(legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

Casenoun

(grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

Casenoun

Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.

Casenoun

(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

Casenoun

(programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.

Casenoun

A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

Casenoun

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

Casenoun

A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

Casenoun

An enclosing frame or casing.

Casenoun

A suitcase.

Casenoun

A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

Casenoun

The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

Casenoun

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).

Casenoun

The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

Casenoun

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

Casenoun

(US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

Casenoun

(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

Casenoun

A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.

Caseverb

(obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.

Caseverb

(transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

Caseverb

(transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.

Caseverb

To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

Caseadjective

(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.

Casenoun

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

Casenoun

A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

Casenoun

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

Casenoun

An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

Casenoun

A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

Casenoun

Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

Casenoun

That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

Casenoun

A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

Casenoun

The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

Casenoun

One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

Caseverb

To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

Caseverb

To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.

Caseverb

To propose hypothetical cases.

Casenoun

a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

Casenoun

an occurrence of something;

Casenoun

a special set of circumstances;

Casenoun

a problem requiring investigation;

Casenoun

the actual state of things;

Casenoun

a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;

Casenoun

a portable container for carrying several objects;

Casenoun

a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;

Casenoun

a person requiring professional services;

Casenoun

the quantity contained in a case

Casenoun

a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Casenoun

a specific state of mind that is temporary;

Casenoun

nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

Casenoun

the housing or outer covering of something;

Casenoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Casenoun

an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

Casenoun

the enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

Casenoun

bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

Caseverb

look over, usually with the intention to rob;

Caseverb

enclose in, or as if in, a case;

Casenoun

an instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring

Casenoun

the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing

Casenoun

an incident or set of circumstances under official investigation by the police

Casenoun

an instance of a disease, injury, or problem

Casenoun

a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention

Casenoun

a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement

Casenoun

an amusing or eccentric person.

Casenoun

a legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law

Casenoun

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case

Casenoun

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy

Casenoun

an agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case, drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court.

Casenoun

any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence

Casenoun

a container designed to hold or protect something

Casenoun

the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object

Casenoun

an item of luggage; a suitcase.

Casenoun

a box containing twelve bottles of wine or other drink, sold as a unit

Casenoun

each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.

Caseverb

surround in a material or substance

Caseverb

enclose in a protective container

Caseverb

reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery