divorce suit; divorce proceedings
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
record (of legal proceedings in a court)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
dispute by legal action; contentious
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit
act of litigation; act of procedure
copyright infringement suit
trial management (e.g. by the court)
pendency; pending legal case; pending litigation; pendente lite
administrative litigation (action)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
Rules of Criminal Procedure
class action lawsuit; class action
Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants