sue+for

  • 1sue for — index request Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2sue for — phr verb Sue for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑damage, ↑divorce, ↑libel, ↑negligence, ↑slander …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 3sue for peace — formal phrase if a country that has been fighting sues for peace, it asks for the fighting to stop in order to avoid being defeated totally Thesaurus: ending, solving and avoiding arguments and fightshyponym arguments and arguingsynonym… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 4sue for peace — formal if a country that has been fighting sues for peace, it asks for the fighting to stop in order to avoid being defeated totally …

    English dictionary

  • 5sue for damages — press charges for injuries …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 6sue — [sju: US su:] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Anglo French; Origin: suer to follow, make a legal claim to , from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequi; SEQUENCE] 1.) to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7sue — [ su ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit: If we go public with these allegations, do you think …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8sue — [sjuː ǁ suː] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW to make a legal claim against someone, especially for an amount of money, because you have been harmed in some way: • If the builders don t fulfil their side of the contract, we ll sue. sue for •… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9Sue — Sue, v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. [1913 Webster] By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope. [1913 Webster] C[ae]sar came to Rome to sue for the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10sue — ► VERB (sues, sued, suing) 1) institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for redress. 2) (sue for) formal appeal formally to a person for. ORIGIN Old French suer, from Latin sequi follow …

    English terms dictionary