Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

civil suit

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: civil -suit
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lawsuit; an action filed in a court of law to recover for injury wrongfully caused by another.

Inflected Forms

civil suits (plural)

Synonyms

civil case

Questions

What does civil suit mean?: A lawsuit; an action filed in a court of law to recover for injury wrongfully caused by another.

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