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

An attorney with Tupac’s estate, Howard King, sent a cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday threatening legal action if the rapper, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, did not take down the track from all public platforms, King said in a statement to Billboard. —Maya Chung, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024

Atrium objected to the trust’s interpretation of the will and threatened legal action if distributions did not begin Feb. 15. —Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2024

While the ban was celebrated by labor unions, pro-business groups have staunchly opposed it and threatened legal action. —Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024

Students with disabilities did not receive harsher discipline or legal action than other students after a threat assessment. —Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 17 Apr. 2024

This is a rare case of space junk causing damage on Earth, and the homeowner may be seeking legal action. —Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024

Those political activities included creating a front group, transporting sympathetic business owners to meetings and paying a law firm for research into legal action against local gas bans. —Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 12 Apr. 2024

The legal action recently received class-action status after more than 60 other lawsuits were filed against the Bureau of Prisons. —Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024

Why would Momofuku pursue this kind of legal action against smaller companies, especially for a trademark of a condiment that is very popular? —Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 10 Apr. 2024