legal grounds
Basis for action
Legal grounds are the factual and legal basis for a claim, defense, or legal action—the reasons that justify proceeding in court.
A lawsuit requires legal grounds to move forward: The plaintiff had legal grounds to sue for breach of contract.
To have grounds for something is to have sufficient justification: Is there legal grounds for dismissal?
The phrase often appears in contexts of divorce, termination, or litigation.
- estoppelBar against contradicting oneself
- standingPosition, physical or social
- probable causeLegal threshold for searches
- contract lawRules governing binding agreements
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
fair hearing · right to counsel · Miranda rights · venue · tort law · admissibility · statute of limitations · cause of action · reasonable doubt · criminal liability · procedural error · summary judgment · justiciability · burden of proof · filing deadlines · affirmative defense · judicial review · freedom of speech
- legal defensesself-defense, alibi, affirmative defense, insanity defense, insanity
- contract endingstermination, termination notice, termination date, termination fee, termination letter
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
legal groundscommon sense
Native practical judgment
speculation · conjecture · emotional reasoning · gut feeling · gut instinct
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