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CRIMINAL SUIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("criminal suit" is a kind of...):
case; causa; cause; lawsuit; suit (a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)