accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
nonprosecution; nonindictment
petition; complaint; (legal) brief
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
a suitor; an accuser; a complainant; an informant; sue; accuse
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
prosecution; indictment; impeachment
criminal complaint; lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)
divorce suit; divorce proceedings
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file
limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation
imploring with tears in one's eyes
appellate court; court of appeal
general malaise; unidentified complaint; all-round poor physical condition
criminal action; Criminal Procedure Code
record (of legal proceedings in a court)
plea; entreaty; supplication
original suit; main lawsuit; main action
acquittal; dismissal (of a case)
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
summary indictment; information (lodged, etc.)
access to courts; bringing an action
supplementary suit; supplementary indictment
customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
dismissal of an intermediate appeal
counteraction; counterclaim
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
indictment without arrest; house arrest; prosecution without physical restraint
appeals court; appellate court
lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit
act of litigation; act of procedure
copyright infringement suit
trial management (e.g. by the court)
pendency; pending legal case; pending litigation; pendente lite
right to take legal action; right to take action
administrative litigation (action)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
term in which an appeal may be filed
public prosecutor's appeal
person reporting to have symptoms (of a disease, etc.)
party not named in (this) court case; non-party; person outside a suit
Rules of Criminal Procedure
mandatory indictment; indictment by a lay prosecution committee
Judge Indictment Committee
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
class action lawsuit; class action
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
excessive or unreasonable legal action; vexatious litigation
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings; (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants