class action

See also: class-action

English

Noun

class action (plural class actions)

1. (law, chiefly US, Canada) A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the plaintiff is successful.

   Synonyms: class action lawsuit, class suit, representative action

Translations

lawsuit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共同起訴／共同起诉 (gòngtóng qǐsù), 群體訴訟／群体诉讼 (qúntǐ sùsòng), 群體訴訟／群体诉讼 (gòngtóng sùsòng), 集團訴訟／集团诉讼 (jítuán sùsòng)

• Dutch: groepszaak (nl) f, groepsvordering f
• Finnish: ryhmäkanne (fi)
• French: action collective (fr) f, recours collectif m, action de groupe (fr) f
• German: Sammelklage (de) f
• Japanese: 複雑訴訟形態 (ふくざつそしょうけいたい, fukuzatsu soshō keitai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gruppesøksmål n

  Nynorsk: gruppesøksmål n

• Russian: группово́й иск m (gruppovój isk), коллекти́вный иск m (kollektívnyj isk)
• Spanish: demanda colectiva
• Thai: การดำเนินคดีแบบกลุ่ม (gaan-dam-nəən-ká-dii-bɛ̀ɛp-glùm)

Further reading

• class action on Wikipedia.Wikipedia