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μήνυση
lawsuit /ˈmi.ni.si/
nounB1#1802 most common
Also: criminal complaint, legal complaint, charge
Example sentences
Η γυναίκα έκανε μήνυση.
The woman filed a complaint.
Ο Γιώργος έκανε μήνυση εναντίον του γείτονά του.
Giorgos filed a lawsuit against his neighbor.
Η εταιρεία απείλησε να κάνει μήνυση αν δεν πληρώσουμε.
The company threatened to sue if we don't pay.
Μετά το ατύχημα, κατέθεσε μήνυση για σωματική βλάβη.
After the accident, she filed a lawsuit for bodily harm.
Η μήνυση που κατέθεσε ο δημοσιογράφος προκάλεσε μεγάλη αντιπαράθεση στα μέσα ενημέρωσης.
The lawsuit the journalist filed caused a major controversy in the media.
Παρά τις αντιρρήσεις των δικηγόρων του, αποφάσισε να αποσύρει τη μήνυση την τελευταία στιγμή, γεγονός που εξέπληξε το δικαστήριο.
Despite his lawyers' objections, he decided to withdraw the lawsuit at the last minute, a fact that surprised the court.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | η μήνυση | οι μηνύσεις |
| Genitive | της μήνυσης | των μηνύσεων |
| Accusative | τη μήνυση | τις μηνύσεις |
| Vocative | μήνυση | μηνύσεις |
Word family
μηνύωto sue, to file a complaint against someone
μηνυτής / μηνύτριαplaintiff, the person who files the complaint
μηνυόμενοςthe person being sued, the defendant
μήνυμαmessageEtymology
Μήνυση comes from ancient Greek μήνυσις, the act of disclosing or reporting, built on the verb μηνύω, to make known or denounce. In legal use, it narrowed to mean formally reporting a wrongdoing to the authorities, hence its modern sense of a criminal complaint or lawsuit. The word has stayed close to its original legal and administrative function for over two thousand years.
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