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 legal action also seeks permission to appoint outside counsel selected by the Auditor’s Office to Special Assistant Attorney General (SAAG) to represent them – something Attorney General Andrea Campbell says DiZoglio does not have the authority to do. —Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026

However, his adversaries are crying foul and seeking legal action against the 80-year-old leader and the samba school, alleging the tribute kicked off his campaign six months in advance. —ABC News, 15 Feb. 2026

Anyone can pursue legal action after getting their data leaked; the tax code specifically allows for it. —Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026

Nearly eight years after a gunman murdered 17 students and faculty at the Parkland high school, one lawsuit remains to be resolved, a legal action that is supposed to answer a question that has been asked ever since the last bullet was fired. —Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for legal action

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