Meanings

criminal action

(lawsuit) costs

lawsuit

lawsuit

dispute by legal action

civil action

divorce suit

administrative litigation (action)

grumbling or mumbling to oneself

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)

class action

Code of Criminal Procedure

Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)

litigant

record (of legal proceedings in a court)

medical suit

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

trial management (e.g. by the court)

Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)