civil action

noun

: a lawsuit about a person's rights

a civil action for wrongful death

Examples of civil action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Near the start of the year, Lindsay Clancy, the woman at the center of the criminal trial in Massachusetts that has mesmerized many chambers of social media, filed a civil action against eight health-care providers and facilities. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

The claim was allowed to stand because it was filed in a civil action outside the scope of church control, meaning that the abstention doctrine did not apply, the appeals court justices wrote. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

An outside prosecutor would also have to decide whether to pursue the civil action. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026

The civil action did not name a dollar figure sought for damages. — David K. Li, NBC news, 17 July 2026

Rhymes for civil action

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