Word
action at law, 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
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action
action at law
legal action
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
action
semantic pointers
hypernym
proceedings, proceeding, legal proceeding
domain of synset (topic)
law, jurisprudence
hyponym
antitrust case
civil action
counterclaim
custody case
lis pendens
prosecution, criminal prosecution
test suit, test case