action at law

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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:
legal action, action
• 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