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lawsuit

administrative litigation (action)

lawsuit undertaken without legal representation

Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)

litigant

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

dispute by legal action

civil action

litigation

lawsuit

procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

non-contentious case

litigant

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

medical suit

(lawsuit) costs

class action

criminal action

small claims lawsuit

Code of Criminal Procedure

shareholder lawsuit

Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)

record (of legal proceedings in a court)

Administrative Case Litigation Act

act of litigation

trial management (e.g. by the court)

pendency

Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

grumbling or mumbling to oneself

divorce suit

Rules of Criminal Procedure

copyright infringement suit

class action lawsuit

damages suit