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Noun: legal action  'lee-gul 'ak-shun
  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
    - action, action at law

Derived forms: legal actions

Type of: legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings

Encyclopedia: Legal action

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