querella

f.

1 charge (law) (acusación).

2 dispute (discordia).

3 quarrel, dispute, fight, altercation.

4 complaint, grievance.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: querellar.

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querella

► nombre femenino

1 DERECHO action, lawsuit

2 (queja) complaint

3 (enfrentamiento) dispute, quarrel

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FRASEOLOGÍA

presentar una querella contra alguien to bring an action against somebody, take legal action against somebody, take somebody to court

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SF

1) (Jur) (=acusación) charge, accusation; (=proceso) suit, case

interponer o presentar una querella contra algn — to bring a lawsuit o an action against sb

querella por difamación — action for libel o defamation

querella privada — action for damages

2) (=disputa) dispute

han olvidado sus viejas querellas — they have set aside their old disputes

antiguas querellas familiares — old family feuds

3) † (=queja) complaint

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femenino

1) (Der) lawsuit, action

presentar querella contra alguien — to bring an action against somebody, to take legal action against somebody

2) (disputa) dispute

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= axe + to grind, complaint, charge, dispute.

Ex. The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.

Ex. CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.

Ex. No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex. In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.

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* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

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femenino

1) (Der) lawsuit, action

presentar querella contra alguien — to bring an action against somebody, to take legal action against somebody

2) (disputa) dispute

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= axe + to grind, complaint, charge, dispute.

Ex: The seventeenth century could tolerate the growth of a public library which was committed to the spread of knowledge without any particular axe to grind other than the rather vague one of promoting a happy Christian state.

Ex: CACs have dealt with pre-shopping advice, education on consumers' rights and complaints about goods and services, advising the client and often obtaining expert assessments.

Ex: No less prestigious an authority than a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges brought against the man principally responsible for that volume.

Ex: In practice meetings of the Council of Ministers -- the Community's main legislative body -- have in recent years become a forum for acrimonious dispute.

* querellas internas = infighting [in-fighting].

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querella

feminine

A (Der) lawsuit, suit, action

presentó querella contra el periódico por difamación he brought a libel suit o a libel action against the newspaper, he took legal action against the newspaper for libel, he sued the newspaper for libel

Compuesto:

querella criminal

criminal charges (pl)

B (disputa) dispute

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Del verbo querellarse: (conjugate querellarse)

se querella es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

querella sustantivo femenino

a) (Der) private prosecution;

◊ presentar querella contra algn to bring a private prosecution against sb

b) (disputa) dispute

querella sustantivo femenino
1 Jur lawsuit
2 (conflicto) dispute
'querella' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compeler
- promover
English:
complaint

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querella nf

1. Der [acusación] charge;

presentar o [m5]poner una querella contra alguien/por algo to bring an action against sb/for sth

2. [conflicto] dispute

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querella

f JUR lawsuit

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querella nf

1) : complaint

2) : lawsuit