action at law

Noun action at law has 1 sense

• action at law(n = noun.act) action, legal action - 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;
has particulars: antitrust case, civil action, counterclaim, custody case, lis pendens, criminal prosecution, prosecution, test case, test suit
is a kind of legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings