Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament.

An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed

A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

A document which starts civil court proceedings in the Magistrates and District Courts• Civil Courts