ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

Phr. banco regis [Lat.].
969. Lawsuit -- N. lawsuit, suit, action, cause; litigation; suit in law; dispute &c 713.
citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment; accusation &c 938; presentment,
true bill, indictment.
apprehension, arrest; committal; imprisonment &c (restraint) 751.
writ, summons, subpoena, latitat † , nisi prius [Lat.]; venire, venire facias pleadings
[Lat.]; declaration, bill, claim; proces verbal [Fr.]; bill of right, information, corpus
delicti; affidavit, state of facts; answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter,
rejoinder; surrebutter † , surrejoinder † .
suitor, party to a suit; plaintiff, defendant, litigant &c 938.
hearing, trial; verdict &c (judgment) 480; appeal, appeal motion; writ of error;
certiorari [Lat.].
case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference
books)..
V. go to law, appeal to the law; bring to justice, bring to trial, bring to the bar; put on
trial, pull up; accuse &c 938; prefer a claim, file a claim &c n.; take the law of, inform
against.
serve with a writ, cite, apprehend, arraign, sue, prosecute, bring an action against,
indict, impeach, attach, distrain, commit; arrest; summon, summons; give in charge &c
(restrain) 751.
empanel a jury, implead † , join issue; close the pleadings; set down for hearing.
try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate &c 480.
Adj. litigious &c (quarrelsome) 713; qui tam; coram judice [Lat.], sub judice [Lat.].
Adv. pendente lite [Lat.].
Phr. adhuc sub judice lis est [Lat.]; accedas ad curiam [Lat.]; transeat in exemplum
[Lat.].
970. Acquittal -- N. acquittal, acquitment † ; clearance, exculpation; acquittance,
clearance, exoneration; discharge &c (release) 750; quietus, absolution, compurgation † ,
reprieve, respite; pardon &c (forgiveness) 918.
[Exemption from punishment] impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea
bargain, deal with the prosecutor.
[in civil suits] no cause for action; no damages.
V. acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear; absolve, whitewash, assoil † ; discharge, release;
liberate &c 750.
reprieve, respite; pardon &c (forgive) 918; let off, let off scot-free.
drop the charges.
plea bargain, strike a deal.
no-cause (in civil suits); get no-caused
Adj. acquitted &c v.; uncondemned, unpunished, unchastised.
not guilty; not proven.
not liable.
Phr. nemo bis punitur pro codem delicto [Lat.].