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Legal action   /lˈigəl ˈækʃən/   Listen
Legal action

noun
1.
A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong.  Synonyms: action, action at law.






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"Legal action" Quotes from Famous Books



... her. He hated her because she was the daughter of his wife, whose memory he violently cursed—his wife, who after two years of conjugal life, left him, because she could no longer endure his tyranny and eccentricities. He brought legal action against her and tried to force her to return to him, but their separation became a permanent one. He raved with anger, but his relentlessness, unexampled stubbornness, and insane pride prevented him from begging his wife to return, ...
— The Comedienne • Wladyslaw Reymont



Words linked to "Legal action" :   custody case, civil action, action at law, antitrust case, test suit, legal proceeding, proceeding, law, proceedings, jurisprudence, test case, criminal prosecution, prosecution, lis pendens, counterclaim



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