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legal action Meaning of "legal action"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) 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

Synonym(s)

action at law

Usage(s):

  1. Terry Gilbert: In 1995, we initiated a legal action which seeks a declaration of innocence from the trial court.
  2. The Prime Minister said that his government had engaged a team of lawyers in London and was looking at possible legal action against the use of the antiterrorist act.
  3. Indeed, a similar, but narrower, legal action was brought in Germany in 2004, which also sought the prosecution of Rumsfeld.
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