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- n French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)
- v institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- Many a private citizen yearns to sue the perpetrator of a public nuisance, only to find that he must show a direct personal injury to himself or his property.
- In an effort to awake the citizenry to a shockingly neglected issue, environmentalists long cried out shrilly from any podium they could find.
- A curious case may mean that debt collectors can't threaten to sue their targets unless they really mean it.