legal action

noun

: a process to have a court of law settle an argument

He plans on taking legal action against the company.

Examples of legal action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If not, further legal action or financial penalties are possible. —Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025

This lawsuit comes after legal action was filed by the condo board against developers in 2021, which is currently pending in state court and seeks $160 million in damages. —Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

Charity Spotlight Sheryl Crow is urging support for the Natural Resources Defense Council, a national advocacy group that focuses on legal action to protect the environment. —Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025

Brotherhood ban Jordan’s ban on the Muslim Brotherhood, announced late last week, includes the seizure of its assets and forbids any contact with, cooperation with, or promotion of the Brotherhood in the country, with the threat of legal action. —Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for legal action

• benefaction
• counteraction
• interaction
• liquefaction
• putrefaction
• rarefaction
• satisfaction
• stupefaction
• tumefaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction