legal action

Noun legal action has 1 sense

• legal action(n = noun.act) action, action at 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;
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