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

With unsecured debts, the main recourse is to pursue collections or legal action. — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 26 June 2026

As the impacts of the troubled 2023 property assessment cycle in Jackson County continue to reverberate for homeowners, business owners and tax-dependent institutions like school districts, some have responded by taking legal action. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026

Since the couple’s split, Shiloh, Maddox, and Zahara have all taken legal action to remove their father’s last name from their surname, Jolie-Pitt. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 June 2026

The letter comes after the Department of Justice sent a warning to the state of California about potential legal action regarding a similar law that goes into effect on July 1, the lawmakers said. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for legal action

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