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.].