in law, is used in different senses; as, 1. For an action, whether personal or real. 2. Suit of court, or suit-service, which is an attendance the tenant owes to his lord's court. 3. Suit-covenant, where a person has covenanted to do service in the court of the lord. 4. Suit-custom, which is where one and his ancestors have owed suit time out of mind. 5. It is used for a petition to the king, or any person of dignity; where a lord distrains his tenant for suit, and none is due; in this case, the party may have an attachment against him to appear in the king's court. 6. Suit of the king's peace, is an action brought against a person for breach of the king's peace; as in the case of treasons, felonies, or trespasses.