sued
past simple and past participle ofsue
| 单词 | sued |
| 释义 | sued past simple and past participle ofsue sue verb[IorT] uk/suː/us/suː/C2 to takelegalactionagainst apersonororganization,especiallyby making alegalclaimformoneybecause of someharmthat they havecausedyou: He was sofuriousabout theaccusationsin theletterthat hethreatenedto sue. She sued thepaperfor(= inorderto get)damagesafter theywronglydescribedher as aprostitute. She is suing herhusbandfor(= inorderto get a)divorce. Compare litigatespecialized
Taking legal action
Examplesofsuedsued In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Other occupational groups who were apparently more likely to sue than to besuedwere yeomen, scribes and notaries, and apothecaries and barbers. From theCambridge English Corpus The fact that shesuedand the magistrate took up her case suggests that she could have won the case under other circumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus Nowadays, by contrast, anyone who tried too assiduously to follow such advice might well find himselfsuedfor breach of copyright. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast a defendant has beensuedand it is virtually costless for the defendant to plead a negative-expected-value defense. From theCambridge English Corpus Doing harm to patients through carelessness can lead to at least a reprimand and perhaps beingsuedfor negligence. From theCambridge English Corpus Litigation by creditors whosuedmen for their separated wives' debts often turned on whether the wife had bought unnecessary items. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead of watching their livelihood haemorrhage away, royalistssuedtheir old tenants for non-payment of rent. From theCambridge English Corpus The sumsuedfor was sometimes considerable and sometimes quite trifling. From theCambridge English Corpus A more exact solution of the full problem is currently being pursuedwith numerical methods. From theCambridge English Corpus The couplesuedfor conversion and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. From theCambridge English Corpus The manager who presents a work attributed by its genre to another theatre commits no crime; he cannot then besuedin the criminal courts. From theCambridge English Corpus The landowners and farmers whosuedthe copper companies for damages were + in varying degrees + unsuccessful. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, womensuedfor or defended their right to property that was given to them, which shows their active management of that property. From theCambridge English Corpus In a legal sense, consent only becomes critical when the doctor issuedfor damages or prosecuted for unprofessional conduct. From theCambridge English Corpus The patient made clear that the trust could besued. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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