Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes
again.
Bacon.
Out of suits, having no correspondence. [Obs.] Shak. -- Suit and
service (Feudal Law), the duty of feudatories to attend the courts of
their lords or superiors in time of peace, and in war to follow them
and do military service; -- called also suit service. Blackstone. --
Suit broker, one who made a trade of obtaining the suits of petitioners
at court. [Obs.] -- Suit court (O. Eng. Law), the court in which
tenants owe attendance to their lord. -- Suit covenant (O. Eng. Law), a
covenant to sue at a certain court. -- Suit custom (Law), a service
which is owed from time immemorial. -- Suit service. (Feudal Law) See
Suit and service, above. -- To bring suit. (Law) (a) To bring secta,
followers or witnesses, to prove the plaintiff's demand. [Obs.] (b) In
modern usage, to institute an action. -- To follow suit. (Card Playing)
See under Follow, v. t.
Suit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suited; p. pr. & vb. n. Suiting.] 1. To fit;
to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the
word. Shak.