To commence a lawsuit means to start a given legal proceeding. A lawsuit refers to a very detailed term for a given court proceeding whereby a given individual seeks a legal remedy.
Evict in Tennessee must use to commence eviction process as well as procedures for pursuing the actual eviction lawsuit.
You probably mean either commence or commerce.
to start, to commence
the call begins
The opposite of commence is desist, so in French that would be "Cesser".
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In the United States federal court system, the document used to initiate a civil lawsuit against a defendant is called a complaint. In the state court systems, this document is usually called a petition.
It means that the actions necessary to file a lawsuit have been started, but the lawsuit has not been filed as of yet.
commence, start, initiate, inaugurate, originate
Commencement actually is formed with a root word "commence" and a suffix "-ment". There is no prefix.
When someone is referred to as a party to a lawsuit it means they are a litigant, either plaintiff or defendant.
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