ACTION AT LAW as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • legal action (what does legal action mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) action at law is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • proceeding (what does proceeding mean?)
   • legal proceeding (what does legal proceeding mean?)
   • proceedings (what does proceedings mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • antitrust case (what does antitrust case mean?)
   • civil action (what does civil action mean?)
   • counterclaim (what does counterclaim mean?)
   • custody case (what does custody case mean?)
   • lis pendens (what does lis pendens mean?)
   • prosecution (what does prosecution mean?)
   • criminal prosecution (what does criminal prosecution mean?)
   • test case (what does test case mean?)
   • test suit (what does test suit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • sue (what does sue mean?)
   • litigate (what does litigate mean?)
   • process (what does process mean?)