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
How To Use legal action In A Sentence
- Despite signing a consent agreement waiving their right to bring legal action over the film, they are now suing for libel over the way they were depicted. Times, Sunday Times
- And, like many other populist legal actions, it doesn't conform with our ideal of justice - the rule of law.
- This lack of action may also trigger some legal action from insurance companies in an attempt to recoup cash paid out to flooded households. Times, Sunday Times
- A scientist who discovered that by holding down the shift key on your PC can bypass the copyright protection on music CDs has been threatened with legal action under America's infamous Millennium Act.
- This does not mean that we will start extra-legal actions to oust the Cabinet.
- She is considering legal action against the dental surgery. Times, Sunday Times
- At least two heads who claim they were ousted from their jobs are taking legal action. Times, Sunday Times
- Many of these workers are undocumented immigrants who have little recourse to legal action if they are injured on the job.
- She is considering legal action against the dental surgery. Times, Sunday Times
- If payment is not received within five days, legal action will be our only alternative .
