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legal action

noun

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

• Syn: ↑action, ↑action at law

• Derivationally related forms: ↑action (for: ↑action)

• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence

• Hypernyms: ↑proceeding, ↑legal proceeding, ↑proceedings

• Hyponyms:

↑antitrust case, ↑civil action, ↑counterclaim, ↑custody case, ↑lis pendens, ↑prosecution, ↑criminal prosecution, ↑test case, ↑test suit

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legal action UK US noun [countable] [singular legal action plural legal actions]

the process of going to court to have something decided officially by law

Parents are taking legal action to challenge the school’s closure.

Thesaurus: court cases and legal processes_hyponym

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ˌlegal ˈaction [legal action] noun uncountable (also ˌlegal proˈceedings)

the act of using the legal system to settle a disagreement, etc

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take/begin legal action

against sb

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They have threatened us with legal action.