Class Action
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in law, a device that permits one or more persons to sue or be sued as representative of a large group of people interested in the matter at issue.
Class Action A lawsuit in which a large number of people with similar legal claims join together in a group (the class) to sue someone, usually a company or organization.
Class Action: A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
Class Action
It is a kind of a representative action where a lawsuit is flied by a person or a group of people representing a class of people who have ceratin interests in common or who have collectively suffered from any damages.
Class Action: A lawsuit filed by one or more personal injury victims (plaintiffs) on their own behalf as well as a larger group "who are similarly situated". The decision is binding to all parties.
Class action
When different persons combine their lawsuits because the facts and the defendant are so similar.
Class Action: A means by which one or more individuals are able to sue for themselves and as representatives of other people.
class action - An action 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 the need to join every member of the group.
class action: Rule 23; a device whereby a representative may assert the rights of numerous other persons in a lawsuit without the necessity of having each class member participate in the lawsuit.
CLASS ACTION SUIT: A lawsuit in which one or more parties file a complaint on behalf of themselves and all other people who are "similarly situated" (suffering from the same problem).
Class Action
A lawsuit brought by a limited number of members on behalf of a larger group, all of whom share a common right or damage.
Clause
A paragraph or subdivision of a legal document such as a contract.
Class Action
an action or actions in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of a class (group) of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and ...
class action An action filed on behalf of other persons similarly situated.
clerical error An unintentional mistake, not involving exercising of discretion, by the clerk, counsel, or the court, usually in a written document.
class action
n. a lawsuit filed by one or more people on behalf of themselves and a larger group of people "who are similarly situated.
Class action
Disparate lawsuits combined by the plaintiffs in to a single action because the circumstances and defendant are identical.
Term: Class Action
Definition: A lawsuit brought by a limited number of members on behalf of a larger group, all of whom share a common right or damage.
Class Action On Behalf of Anti-War Protestors
Employment & Labor Class Action Lawsuits
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Class Action
Lawsuit brought by a representative member(s) of a large group of people on behalf of all members
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The class action provides another option for bringing parties into a large-scale civil lawsuit. In a class action lawsuit, thousands and even millions of persons can be parties.
"It is always a class action brought or conducted in a representative capacity, and it is, therefore, binding upon all of the shareholders, rather than just the complainant." ...
Class action: Legal action taken by a number of different persons where the facts and the defendants are similar.
Class ActionA lawsuit commenced by a single person or small group of people on behalf of a larger group of people who may all have a legal action against the same defendant .
The Consumer Law glossary gives you access to definitions for the Consumer protection related legal terminology commonly used in documents and class action suits.
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