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claim form

noun

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The court document that starts a civil claim and sets out the remedy the claimant seeks.

The claim form must be served on the defendant within four months of the date it is issued.

Similar: originating process

Topic: Litigation 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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