Search Result for "action_at_law":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong;
[syn: legal action, action, action at law]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

action at law
    n 1: a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another;
         one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for
         protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong [syn:
         legal action, action, action at law]