English noun: legal action | |||
1. | legal action (act) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | antitrust case, civil action, counterclaim, criminal prosecution, custody case, lis pendens, prosecution, test case, test suit | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||