legal action
noun
: a process to have a court of law settle an argument
He plans on taking legal action against the company.
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His business partner got the fake logistics company on the phone, but they were never hit with legal action.
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Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
An attorney representing a Sacramento teacher who was reassigned to a different school site after pulling up carpet in her classroom is threatening legal action if the teacher’s job is not restored.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Both the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois bitterly oppose the move and have launched legal action in a bid to block it.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The four songs that led to the legal action have not been specified.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
An attorney representing a Sacramento teacher who was reassigned to a different school site after pulling up carpet in her classroom is threatening legal action if the teacher’s job is not restored.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Both the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois bitterly oppose the move and have launched legal action in a bid to block it.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The four songs that led to the legal action have not been specified.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Legal action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20action. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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