action at law
English Thesaurus
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 (noun.act)
hyponym | : | antitrust case, |
definition | : | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | civil action, |
definition | : | legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | counterclaim, |
definition | : | a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | custody case, |
definition | : | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | lis pendens, |
definition | : | a pending lawsuit (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | criminal prosecution, prosecution, |
definition | : | the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | test case, test suit, |
definition | : | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent (noun.act) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
derivation | : | action, litigate, process, sue, |
definition | : | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against (verb.social) |
derivation | : | action, litigate, process, sue, |
definition | : | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against (verb.social) |
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