class action lawsuit

class action lawsuit
A type of lawsuit in which the claims and rights of many people are decided in a single case.

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  • Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 — Full title An Act to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, and for other purposes. Enacted by the 109th United States Congress …   Wikipedia

  • Class action — This article is about the legal term. For names of various art works, see Class Action (disambiguation). Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction… …   Wikipedia

  • class action — n: an action in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of a class of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and whose rights or liabilities can …   Law dictionary

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  • class action — class or representative action A class action provides a means by which, where a large group of persons are interested in a matter, one or more may sue or be sued as representatives of the class without needing to join every member of the class.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • class action — class or representative action A class action provides a means by which, where a large group of persons are interested in a matter, one or more may sue or be sued as representatives of the class without needing to join every member of the class.… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Class Action — may refer to: Class action, a form of lawsuit where a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court Class Action (1991 film), a film starring Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Class Action, a garage house band that covered… …   Wikipedia

  • class action — n AmE a ↑lawsuit arranged by a group of people for themselves and other people with the same problem >class action adj [only before noun] ▪ class action lawsuits …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • class action law suit — noun derivative action, directors and officers liability, group lawsuit, group litigation, law suit by large numbers of litigants with a common grievance, suit by multiple parties with common interest associated concepts: representative action… …   Law dictionary

  • class action — noun a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group • Syn: ↑class action suit • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑lawsuit, ↑suit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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