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

The department then threatened legal action against the district, saying its refusal to sign amounted to non-compliance with FERPA. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

The states are not currently communicating well and legal action might give them the structure to set out their positions better. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

If the notice is not dealt with, the council could seek government approval to acquire the mansion, though this would be subject to further legal action, according to the BBC. — Anhelina Shamlii, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

If states don’t allow parents to use a religious exemption or medical opt-out, his administration has threatened legal action. — Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for legal action

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