legal action
Filing a suit
Legal action is a proceeding in a court of law—a lawsuit, prosecution, or other formal legal process.
To take legal action or pursue legal action is to use the court system to resolve a dispute or seek remedy: They threatened legal action if the company didn't pay.
The phrase often appears as a warning before actual litigation begins.
Judicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
- judgeOne who decides
- juryLegal decision-making body
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
testimony · witness · evidence · prosecution · defense · gavel · bench · bailiff
Civil case initiator
- defendantParty facing charges
- complaintExpression of discontent
- summonsFormal court notification
- damagesCompensation for injury
tort · negligence · breach · discovery · deposition · injunction · settlement · restitution
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- redressCompensation for injury
adjudication · negotiation · conciliation · out-of-court · plea bargain · consent decree · reconciliation · compromise
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
legitimacy · precedent · jurisprudence · constitutionality · standing · recourse · vindication · enforcement
trial
Judicial examination of claims
courtroom · testimony · witness · evidence · prosecution · defense · gavel · bench · bailiff · docket
plaintiff
Civil case initiator
damages · tort · negligence · breach · discovery · deposition · injunction · settlement · restitution · filing
mediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
redress · adjudication · negotiation · conciliation · out-of-court · plea bargain · consent decree · reconciliation · compromise · award
due process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
accountability · legitimacy · precedent · jurisprudence · constitutionality · standing · recourse · vindication · enforcement · protection
- litigationpleadings, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits, motions
- Legal Actionssue, litigate, prosecute, bring charges, press charges
- Legal Optionsappeal, mediation, arbitration, petition, injunction
- activismboycotts, activists, activist, advocate, demonstrating
- accident claimsaccident claim, car accident claim, damage claim, injury claim, liability claim
- Roman LawRoman law, Corpus Juris Civilis, Justinian Code, Twelve Tables, Digest
legal actionout-of-court settlement
Resolution bypassing formal litigation
mediation · arbitration · negotiation · compromise · mutual agreement
legal actioninaction
Deliberate nonmovement
doing nothing · forbearance · letting it go · acquiescence · tolerance
legal actionvigilante justice
Unauthorized punishment by civilians
taking the law into one's own hands · self-help · revenge · retaliation · mob justice
action, legal, illegal, obligation, delegate, lawsuit, illicit, legalize, legalized