Sue
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
To proceed judicially; to commence or to prosecute in court. Burrill says, that to prosecute an action ah'eady commenced seems to have been the original meaning. As now used, it may mean, to commence a proceeding.
See Suit.