Sophie Meis (asker) Aug 16, 2021:

Statement of Claim "A Statement of Claim is legal notice filed by a person (called the Plaintiff) who seeks a judgement against you in Court. The Plaintiff prepares a Statement of Claim and files it in the Court of Queen’s Bench. Filing the Statement of Claim commences a legal action and it must be promptly served personally upon the other party or parties named as Defendant(s) in the Statement of Claim."
(https://clg.ab.ca/programs-services/dial-a-law/statement-of-...

Mohammad Ghaffari Aug 15, 2021:

Semantic difference We often use "complaint" and "lawsuit" as the translations for "شکوایه" and "دعوی" in Persian, so there are semantic differences between these and "دادخواست", I believe.

Sophie Meis (asker) Aug 15, 2021:

complaint vs. lawsuit "The complaint is the document written by the plaintiff's attorney that, when filed and served upon the defendant(s), commences a lawsuit."
(https://lawshelf.com/coursewarecontentview/summons-complaint...