| 单词 | legal action |
| 释义 | legal action (once / 6892 pages) n WORD FAMILY legal action: legal actions USAGE EXAMPLESThe law also allows for legal action against drivers of snowmobiles or off-highway recreational vehicles that damage private property. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) But Arizona’s governor is threatening legal action if Obama acts. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Some researchers were threatened with legal action after highlighting a flaw. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) n 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper action, action at law antitrust case a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place civil actionlegal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) counterclaima claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action custody casea legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) lis pendensa pending lawsuit criminal prosecution, prosecutionthe institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior test case, test suita representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent double jeopardythe prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
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