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Noun: action at law (actions at law)
  1. (law) 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
    - legal action, action

Derived forms: actions at law

Type of: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings

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