A plaintiff initiates a lawsuit against a defendant.
A civil trial begins when a person brings a lawsuit against another for monetary restitution. The matter will go before a judge, and the judge will decide if the lawsuit is valid.
The filing of the Complaint begins the lawsuit. Filing an Answer makes it a contested lawsuit.
Defendant. He has to defend him self against the plaintiff's accusation.
Not enough information to answer. Avoid WHAT KIND of civil lawsuit? General answer would have to be - NO.
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There is no such thing as a criminal lawsuit. Criminal prosecutions are brought by the state through the appropriate prosecution, and are not called lawsuits. Lawsuits are civil suits, that are, by definition, not criminal.
The person that files a civil suit is known as the Petitioner or the Plaintiff or the Claimant.
A civil prosecution is a procedure that follows a civil lawsuit. This can be utilized if a party is not satisfied with how a civil lawsuit was handled.
In a civil trial, the parties involved are typically the plaintiff, who is the person bringing the lawsuit, and the defendant, who is the person being sued.
It is called either a "complaint" or a "petition". The nomenclature depends upon the jurisdiction and/or the underlying cause of action.
In civil law, the party who is served with the papers beginning the civil action, and is defending the lawsuit is called the "defendant"; the party who brings the lawsuit is called the "plaintiff". In the strictest sense, the person in a criminal 'lawsuit' not a civil proceeding, is called a "defendant". The party, in the criminal action, who brings the lawsuit, a criminal proceeding, is called the "State". The representative for the criminal action against the is a Prosecutor. Please see the discussion page for further notions about using the word "defendant" instead of the label "accused" in a criminal proceeding.
It depends whether they reported you to the police and what they accused you of.