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bring a claim

phrase

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

To commence civil legal proceedings against another party.

She has three years from the date of the accident to bring a claim in negligence.

Similar: issue proceedings

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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