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• suit < [‘suit for contribution’ is] a suit in equity, brought by one several parties who has discharged a liability common to all, to compel the others to contribute thereto proportionally – JBS> <[‘domesmen’ are] judges or men appointed to doom, and determine suits or controversies – JBS> < false imprisonment is usually made the subject of a civil action, but is also indictable at the suit of the Crown – JBS> • lawsuit < ‘lis mota’ [is] a lawsuit put in motion – JBS> • bill <[dismissal of bill in equity] signified a refusal by the court to make a decree as prayed by a plaintiff’s bill – JBS> • bill of complaint • proceeding < ‘co-respondent’ is properly any person made respondent to, or called upon to answer, a petition, or other proceeding, jointly with another – JBS> < [‘English information’ is] a proceeding in the court of Exchequer in revenue matters – JBS> • statement of claim • petition : a formal written request presented to a court or other governmental or official body; some states (of the United States) use this term in place of complaint when referring to a lawsuit’s first pleading • complaint : the initial pleading that starts a civil action and states the ground for the court’s jurisdiction, the plaintiff’s claim, and the demand for relief; in some jurisdictions, this pleading is labeled a petition • declaration : at common law, the plaintiff’s first pleading in a civil action • plaint : protest; complaint • motion : a written or oral application requesting a court to make a specified ruling <[write of attaint] was a writ, abolished in 1825, which was in the nature of an appeal, and was the principal remedy for the reversal of an improper verdict. The practice of setting aside verdicts upon motion and granting new trials superseded the use of attaints – JBS • querela civil & eccl law : a bill of complaint in a court action • legal pleading • legal suit
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