legal repercussions
Courtroom aftermath awaits
Legal repercussions are the consequences that follow from violating laws or legal agreements—fines, lawsuits, criminal charges, or other penalties imposed through the justice system.
The phrase often appears as a warning: She didn't consider the legal repercussions of posting that video.
Unlike informal consequences, legal repercussions involve courts, lawyers, and official sanctions.
- damagesCompensation for injury
- probation violationBreaking supervised release conditions
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
negligence · felony · indictment · misdemeanor · civil suit · disbarment · conviction · criminal record · jail time · prison sentence · deportation · restraining order · sanctions · settlement · cease and desist · fines · contempt of court · penalty fees
- neglectneglect, neglected, abandonment, carelessness, disregard
- protest rightspeaceful assembly, right to protest, assembly rights, protest rights, free assembly
legal repercussionsimpunity
Freedom from consequences
immunity · legal immunity · amnesty · absolution · acquittal
legal repercussionslegal protections
Laws shielding rights
legal entitlements · compensation · restitution · legal recognition