Querella

[poli]

Is this term used for lawsuit?

[María José]

I did think so, but the dictionary says 'private prosecution'. Is that different?
It can also mean dispute.

[poli]

Thanks María. I always thought it meant fight or quarrel, but now I see that there us a fine difference. There's something more formal about the word querella.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Querella o pleito, en sentido judicial, es una demanda en contra de una persona, grupo de personas o una institución, para que un juez decida quién tiene la razón cuando se pelea por propiedades, títulos, obligaciones, etc.

[CrOtALiTo]

Also there's another way in the term judicial.

Litigar.
Here the lawyers use that word in the ambit judicial.

[sosia]

here it's very common, for people who are always in the media, to insult each other and saying "te voy a poner una querella" (I'm going to put a prosecution in the court)

Saludos :D

[chileno]

Thanks María. I always thought it meant fight or quarrel, but now I see that there us a fine difference. There's something more formal about the word querella.

People sometimes use it to mean a fight or dispute outside court, but it is wrong to use it like that.

pelea = rencilla :)

[CrOtALiTo]

here it's very common, for people who are always in the media, to insult each other and saying "te voy a poner una querella" (I'm going to put a prosecution in the court)

Saludos :D

Therefore, it's took as an Litigamiento.