legal action
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- proceeding hypernym
- antitrust case hyponym
- civil action hyponym
- counterclaim hyponym
- custody case hyponym
- lis pendens hyponym
- prosecution hyponym
- test case hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | action |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | proceeding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antitrust case |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | civil action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | counterclaim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | custody case |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lis pendens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prosecution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | test case |