legal disputes
Lawsuits and cases
Legal disputes are conflicts between parties that could be or are being resolved through the legal system.
The term covers everything from contract disagreements to personal injury claims to property boundary conflicts.
The company faced multiple legal disputes over patent infringement.
Unlike informal disagreements, legal disputes involve formal procedures, potential court action, and often attorneys: They settled their legal dispute out of court rather than go to trial.
- attorneysLicensed legal practitioners
- court caseLegal dispute under adjudication
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
- federal courtsJudiciary handling nationwide cases
- out of courtResolved privately, no trial
settlement agreement · burden of proof · criminal cases · restorative justice · due process · judges · day in court · tribal courts · arbitration · appellate courts · defendants · plaintiffs · state courts · conciliation · damages · verdict · claim · grievance
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- Islamic courtsqadi, sharia court, religious law, fatwa, mufti
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
- German EmpireBismarck, Wilhelm II, Reichstag, Prussia, unification
- museum problemsbudget cuts, theft, art theft, vandalism, climate control
legal disputessettlements
Established communities or agreements
resolutions · agreements · reconciliation · mutual understanding · accord
legal disputesmutual agreement
Consent from all parties
gentleman's agreements · consensus · harmony · accord · peaceful resolution
legal disputespartnerships
Formal business alliances
collaborations · alliances · joint ventures · cooperation · mutual cooperation