civil suit

English Thesaurus

1. a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant (noun.act)

hypernym	:	case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit,
definition	:	a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)