legal ramifications
Lawsuit fallout potential
Legal ramifications are the consequences that flow from an action under the law—potential lawsuits, criminal charges, regulatory penalties, or contractual liabilities.
The phrase typically appears as a warning: Have you considered the legal ramifications of posting that?
The legal ramifications of the merger took years to sort out.
Ramifications suggests branching, unpredictable effects that may extend beyond the obvious.
- felonySerious criminal offense
- tortActionable civil harm
- civil suitPrivate legal dispute
- class actionLawsuit filed for many
- misdemeanorLesser criminal charge
compliance · regulatory scrutiny · litigation · jurisprudence · due process · violation · prosecution · precedent · settlement · indictment · plea deal · arbitration · mediation · restitution · sanctions · statute of limitations · contract breach · court order
legal ramificationsmoral implications
Right-wrong considerations of actions
ethical consequences · moral consequences · psychological effects
legal ramificationslegal immunity
Protection from prosecution
legal protection · impunity · exemption · amnesty · indemnification
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