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Class action lawsuit
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Class action lawsuitA group lawsuit in which several or many individuals join forces to sue a given company or industry.
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Lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Company
An association of a number of individuals for the purpose of carrying on some legitimate business.
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Class action
When different persons combine their lawsuits because the facts and the defendant are so similar. This is designed to save Court time and to allow one judge to hear all the cases at the same time and to make one decision binding on all parties. Class action lawsuits would typically occur after a plane or train accident where all the victims would sue the transportation company together in a class action suit.
Class action litigation
Collective litigation by many people against a certain company or person.
Class action movie
A movie about collective civil lawsuits.
Class action reform
1) Reform of a class action lawsuit during the procedures. 2) Reforming the class action laws.
Classaction lawsuit
A class action lawsuit.
Classaction lawsuit case
A popular name for a class action lawsuit case.
Classaction lawyer
Another way to call a class action lawyer.
Classactionsuit
A popular name for a class action lawsuit.
Classification override (prison)
In the US penitentiary jargon, a decision based on either aggravating or mitigating circumstances, to assign an inmate higher or lower public risk and/or institutional risk scores and/or to an alternative institutional placement of higher of lower security and/or custody levels than is designated by either the initial classification or reclassification process.
Classification societies
Classification societies are institutions (often non-profit) which inspect, study and report on the seaworthiness and the general and particular condition of individual ships. They also often perform port state control inspections. Finally, they may provide surveying services to national maritime administrations by contract with the governments of those countries.
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Class action lawsuit
Civil lawsuit
A non-criminal lawsuit.
Celebrex lawsuit
A lawsuit related to injuries and other problems allegedly provoked by consumption of Celebrex.
Cerebral palsy lawsuit
A lawsuit related to cerebral palsy.
Celebrex class action lawsuit
A class action lawsuit (that is, a collective lawsuit) to obtain redress and compensation for damages allegedly provoked by the consumption of Celebrex.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.
Several
A state of separation or partition. A several agreement or cove-nant, is one entered into by two or more persons separately, each binding himself for the whole; a several action is one in which two or more persons are separately charged; a several inheritance, is one conveyed so as to descend, or come to two persons separately by moieties. Several is usually opposed to joint.
Company
An association of a number of individuals for the purpose of carrying on some legitimate business.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Class action
When different persons combine their lawsuits because the facts and the defendant are so similar. This is designed to save Court time and to allow one judge to hear all the cases at the same time and to make one decision binding on all parties. Class action lawsuits would typically occur after a plane or train accident where all the victims would sue the transportation company together in a class action suit.
Class action litigation
Collective litigation by many people against a certain company or person.
Class action movie
A movie about collective civil lawsuits.
Class action reform
1) Reform of a class action lawsuit during the procedures. 2) Reforming the class action laws.
Classaction lawsuit
A class action lawsuit.
Classaction lawsuit case
A popular name for a class action lawsuit case.
Classaction lawyer
Another way to call a class action lawyer.
Classactionsuit
A popular name for a class action lawsuit.
Classification override (prison)
In the US penitentiary jargon, a decision based on either aggravating or mitigating circumstances, to assign an inmate higher or lower public risk and/or institutional risk scores and/or to an alternative institutional placement of higher of lower security and/or custody levels than is designated by either the initial classification or reclassification process.
Classification societies
Classification societies are institutions (often non-profit) which inspect, study and report on the seaworthiness and the general and particular condition of individual ships. They also often perform port state control inspections. Finally, they may provide surveying services to national maritime administrations by contract with the governments of those countries.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Class action lawsuit
Civil lawsuit
A non-criminal lawsuit.
Celebrex lawsuit
A lawsuit related to injuries and other problems allegedly provoked by consumption of Celebrex.
Cerebral palsy lawsuit
A lawsuit related to cerebral palsy.
Celebrex class action lawsuit
A class action lawsuit (that is, a collective lawsuit) to obtain redress and compensation for damages allegedly provoked by the consumption of Celebrex.
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