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

In a statement Wednesday, state health department spokeswoman Hope Shuler said the agency was disappointed that legal action was necessary. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Ortega said residents contacted the firm about five years ago hoping for legal action against Pullman Innovations, but several of them declined to take the role of lead plaintiff. — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

In a statement, advocacy group Freedom of the Press Foundation said ABC’s legal action is warranted. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

Hinojosa's organization is looking into possible legal action to prevent the annexation. — August 17, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for legal action

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