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?? ?? (civil litigation)? ??? ?? (plaintiff)? ??? ??? (complaint)? ?? (file) ???? ????. ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? cause of action??? ??. ?? ??? ?? ?? (breach of contract), ?? (fraud), ??? ?? (wrongful death), ?? ?? (sexual harassment), ?? ?? (wrongful termination) ?? causes of action ? ??.

???? ???? ????? ???(summons)? ??(issue)??. ??? ??(defendant)? summons? complaint? ???? ??? ??? ?? ??? (jurisdiction)? ??. summons? complaint? ?? ??? ???? ?? serve the process?? ??.

??? ??? complaint? ?? ???(answer)? ????. ??? ??? ?? ?? (discovery)? ? ? ??. discovery? ?? ?? ?? (request for production of ducments), ?? ??(written interrogatories)? ?? ??(deposition)? ??. deposition? ???? ?? ?? ???? ??? ?? ??? ??? ??? ?? (under oath)? ??? ??? ???? ???. ?? ??? ???(court reporter)? ????? ?? ??? ?(transcript)?? ???.

??(trial)? ??? (jury) ??? ?? jury trial?? ??? ?? ?? ??? ?? court trial? ??. ??????? jury trial? ?? ??? ???. ??? ?? ????? ?? (witness)? ?? (examine)?? ??? ????.

jury trial? ?? ?? ??? ?? ?? ????? ???? (deliberation)? ??? ?? (verdict)? ???. ??? verdict? ??? ?? (judgment)? ???. ?? ??? ??? ??? verdict? ???? ??? ?? ??? ??.

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