Suit

A following; prosecution; the prosecution of some demand in a court of justice. The word includes both proceedings at law and proceedings in equity, while action is properly restricted to proceedings at law.

In old English law. A following of another; attendance by a tenant on his lord, especially at his court; a number of persons produced in court by the plaintiff with his count or declaration, for the purpose of confirming his allegations; attendance for the purpose of performing some service, as grinding at a particular mill; pursuit of a fugitive felon.