Adjacent Words
To bring downTo bring down the house
To bring forth
To bring forward
To bring grist to the maill
To bring home
To bring in
To bring into play
To bring off
To bring on
To bring one on one's way
To bring one round
To bring one to his bearings
To bring out
To bring over
To bring to
To bring to book
To bring to grass
To bring to light
To bring to pass
To bring to terms
To bring to the gangway
To bring to the hammer
To bring under
To bring up
To bring up any one with a round turn
To bring up by hand
To bring up the rear
To bring up with a round turn
To bristle up
Full-text Search for "To bring suit"
2018
To bring suit definitions
|
| Tweet |
|
|---|
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Out of suits, having no correspondence. [Obs.] --Shak. Suit and service (Feudal Law), the duty of feudatories to attend the courts of their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them and do military service; -- called also suit service. --Blackstone. Suit broker, one who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners at court. [Obs.] Suit court (O. Eng. Law), the court in which tenants owe attendance to their lord. Suit covenant (O. Eng. Law), a covenant to sue at a certain court. Suit custom (Law), a service which is owed from time immemorial. Suit service. (Feudal Law) See Suit and service, above. To bring suit. (Law) (a) To bring secta, followers or witnesses, to prove the plaintiff's demand. [Obs.] (b) In modern usage, to institute an action. To follow suit. (Card Playing) See under Follow, v. t.
