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sue English

Meaning sue meaning

What does sue mean?
Definitions in simple English

Sue Proper noun

— Sue is a woman's given name. It is usually short for Susan.

sue Verb

— If you sue someone, you take them to court to make them do something they don't want to do, often to make them pay you money. They successfully sued the company they had worked for, winning a combined award of $275,000. He once threatened to sue a reporter who wrote a negative story about him. The customers hired a lawyer and sued the store. Georgia's laws limit how much businesses must pay in damages if they're sued. He later sued the government, claiming he was illegally held at the airport. The cases involve US companies being sued in US courts for things they did in other countries. They are suing over the broken contract.

sue

— verb (= action, process) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against He was warned that the district attorney would process him She actioned the company for discrimination

Sue

— noun French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)

Synonyms sue synonyms

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sue English » English

prosecute charge accuse indict litigate process plead beg arraign action sue for report pray for pray importune for importune implore for implore go to court demand crave for crave cite bring an action beseech for beseech beg for appeal woo try to plead to entreat tell on tattle taking civil actions take to court take someone to court take legal action swear out summons summon suitor subpoena seek resort report on pick make a prosecution lawsuit invoice

Sue English » English

Eugene Sue

Topics sue topics

What do people use sue to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Surrender
Social behavior Conflict Peace Repent

Request forgiveness

Conjugation sue conjugation

How do you conjugate sue?

sue · verb

Examples sue examples

How do I use sue in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom and Sue love each other.
Tom and Sue have known each other since 1985.
At last, John and Sue decided to cut the apple into halves.
Sue picked up a pencil off the floor.
Sue is the best tennis player in our school.
Sue checked in at the Royal Hotel.
Sue has a big bottom, but she doesn't care.
Sue and I have always got on well.
Sue and John decided to take the plunge.
I will sue you.
I'll sue you.
The girl standing over there is my sister Sue.
He introduced me to Sue.
I wonder if you can sue someone of the same sex for sexual harassment?
They should sue Tom.
I don't want to sue Tom.

Movie subtitles

If this gets out, I will sue.
So sue me.
But I have a contract and I sue for damages.
I'm going to have to sue that campaign manager of his for alienation of affections.
Sometimes who gets into the machinery, Aunt Sue?
Who, Aunt Sue?
Aunt Sue is loose again.
You could sue and recover the money.
Sue Kent with Slade on the bench?
Rest, Sue. You're not well yet. I can pick cotton for both of us.
If you want to sue anybody, see him.
Sue 'em.
Miss Sue Carter.
Sue Carter.
If you break that, they can sue you.
Sebastopol taken, the czar must sue for peace.
Sue me for libel.
Miss, I have come here to have your boss to sue this cop. for stealing my apples.
He can't do this. If I lose my cast, I'll sue him.
Why not? You can't sue a lunatic.
Then I'll sue Fiske. I'll sue Jenkins.
There must be somebody I can sue.
I'm gonna sue you.
Rest, Sue.
Alec isn't the only one I'll sue.
I'm gonna sue him.
Sue you for anything.
If I don't get it back, I'm gonna sue you.
I have learned that even the mightiest. must sue for certain favors.
They're ready to sue.
They're going to sue you.
I'll sue the company.

News and current affairs

If I injure you, you should be able to sue me.
Even the notion that this is about protecting foreign firms is a ruse: companies based in country A can set up a subsidiary in country B to sue country A's government.
Worse, investment agreements enable companies to sue the government over perfectly sensible and just regulatory changes - when, say, a cigarette company's profits are lowered by a regulation restricting the use of tobacco.
In South Africa, a firm could sue if it believes that its bottom line might by harmed by programs designed to address the legacy of official racism.
ANN ARBOR - It is June 15, 2030, and for Sam and Sue of Ann Arbor, Michigan, it is going to be a busy day.
Within minutes, Sam, Sue, and Sophia are headed for the karate club.
En route, Sophia studies videos of her opponent's past matches, while Sue catches up on emails and Sam orders appetizers and flowers for the party.
For example, if a factory leaks toxic chemicals into a river that I use to irrigate my farm, killing my crops, I can sue the factory owner.
If the rich nations pollute the atmosphere with carbon dioxide, causing my crops to fail because of changing rainfall patterns, or my fields are inundated by a rise in the sea level, shouldn't I also be able to sue?
The TPP's most controversial provision, if adopted, would allow private corporations to sue foreign governments for adopting policies that adversely affect their expected profits.
Stanley Sue, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis, has studied suicide, which is particularly common among Asian-American women (in other ethnic groups, more males commit suicide than females).
And TPP will also confer special status on foreign investors, allowing them to sue for financial judgments against host-country regulations.
Companies can sue governments for full compensation for any reduction in their future expected profits resulting from regulatory changes.
Worse still, corporations in advanced countries can create subsidiaries in member countries through which to invest back home, and then sue, giving them a new channel to bloc regulations.
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