Assertion: successor's predecessor | /r/CapableOf | give rise
Facets:
value: to the lawsuit
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Where the successor does not intend to pursue the policy of his predecessor which gave rise to the lawsuit, it will be open to him, after substitution, as plaintiff to seek voluntary dismissal of the action, or as defendant to seek to have the action dismissed as moot or to take other appropriate steps to avert a judgment or decree.