bring suit

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To initiate legal proceedings; to start an action for judicial relief.

Under federal and most state law, a suit is commenced upon the filing of the first paper, which is the complaint, with the court. statutes of limitations set forth time boundaries within which an action must be brought.

See also: charge, litigate, prosecute

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