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action at law

/ action at law /

noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 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

Type of:

proceeding legal proceeding proceedings

Kinds of:

antitrust case civil action counterclaim custody case lis pendens

Derived:

action sue litigate process

Domain:

law jurisprudence

Semantic Complexity

87%

Sense Count

1

Total Synonyms

0

Total Relationships

12

Times Searched

3

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proceeding legal proceeding proceedings antitrust case civil action counterclaim custody case lis pendens