begun
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 303 U.S. 567 - Bates Mfg Co v. United States · 1938Most cited · 141 citing opinions
commencement of suit
As used in this statute the word 'begun' should be given its ordinary and accustomed meaning. To begin is to start; to institute; to initiate; to commence. This suit was begun—within two years after the refund claim was disallowed—when the petition was filed in court in good faith.
How often courts cite the case defining “begun”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “begun” — 141 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.