複ふく雑ざつ訴そ訟しょう形けい態たい

noun

class action lawsuit; class action

Legal term referring to a lawsuit in which a group of people with the same or similar injuries caused by the same product or action sue the defendant as a group.

• 複ふく雑ざつ訴そ訟しょう形けい態たいは、多た数すうの被ひ害がい者しゃがいる消しょう費ひ者しゃ訴そ訟しょうでよく用もちいられる。

  Class action lawsuits are often used in consumer litigation involving many victims.