争そう訟しょう

noun

legal dispute; lawsuit; litigation

Formal legal term for a dispute brought before a court or administrative body.

• この争そう訟しょうは最さい高こう裁さい判ばん所しょまで持もち込こまれた。

  This legal dispute was brought before the Supreme Court.

• 行ぎょう政せい争そう訟しょうの手て続つづきについて説せつ明めいします。

  I will explain the procedures for administrative litigation.