English

Noun

vexatious suit ‎(plural vexatious suits)

1. (law) a lawsuit intended for bothering, embarrassing, harassing, or otherwise troubling an adversary.
   • 1819, William Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619: Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed on the Fifth Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight; Volume 5, page 509:

     I. For relief of his majesty's good subjects against causeless and vexatious suits, and for the better enabling them to recover their just rights: II. Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That in all actions of assault and battery, and slander, commenced and prosecuted in the general court, if the jury find under the sum of five pounds, and in the like actions, commenced and prosecuted in any county court, if the jury find under forty shillings, the plaintiff, in either case, shall not recover any costs.‎

Synonyms

• vexatious action
• vexatious litigation
• vexatious proceeding

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References

• vexatious suit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913