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2. Verb. (third-person singular of suit) ¹

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Definition of Suits

1. suit [v] - See also: suit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suits

Literary usage of Suits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"That Act, after declaring in its first section that certain suits shall not be brought in the circuit or district courts, adds: "Nor shall any circuit or ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley, William Wait, William Blackstone (1875)
"Their jurisdiction in matrimonial matters and suits was taken from them by ... And the jurisdiction to entertain suits for defamation was abolished by the ..."

3. The Constitution of the United States: Its Sources and Its Application by Thomas James Norton (1922)
"In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, ... suits at common law do not include suits in chancery or equity, ..."

4. The Law of Promoters: A Treatise on the Law of Promoters of Private by Manfred William Ehrich (1916)
"suits by the corporation. 181. suits by receiver of corporation. 182. ... Stockholders' suits after receivership. 184. suits by stockholders other than ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"20, 1 Slat, at L. 76), provided as follows: "The district courts shall haw exclusive cognizance * * e of all suits tor penalties and forfeitures incurred ..."

6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1907)
"It appears that prior to this litigation two suits were brought in the trial court, one numbered 1728 and the other 1996. The appellant was defendant in the ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1851)
"A Statement of two suits for Malpractice, tried in November and December, 1850, in the Court of Erie County, Pa. By WM. MAXWELL WOOD, MD, Surgeon US Navy. ..."

8. The Law of Mines, Quarries and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1884)
"Purser/ ami Pursers' suits and creditors' suits 8 are part of ... suits. They are applicable to cost-book companies, and will be further referred to in the ..."

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