bring legal action
1legal action — ➔ action * * * legal action UK US noun [C or U] (also legal proceedings [plural]) ► LAW the process of using lawyers, courts of law, etc. to solve disagreements, or an occasion when this happens: legal action against sb »There will be no legal… …
2bring an action — index cite (accuse), complain (charge), litigate, sue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3bring a legal action — index sue Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4bring an action against — index lodge (bring a complaint) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5bring an action against — initiate legal proceedings, file a claim against …
6bring — verb (brought; bringing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bringan; akin to Old High German bringan to bring, Welsh hebrwng to accompany Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to convey, lead, carry, or cause to come along with …
7action — ac·tion n [Latin actio legal proceeding, from agere to do, carry out, initiate legal proceedings] 1 a: a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense …
8bring — ► VERB (past and past part. brought) 1) carry or accompany to a place. 2) cause to be in a particular position, state, or condition. 3) cause (someone) to receive (specified income or profit). 4) (bring oneself to do) force oneself to do… …
9bring — [v1] transport or accompany attend, back, bear, buck*, carry, chaperon, companion, conduct, consort, convey, deliver, escort, fetch, gather, guide, gun*, heel*, import, lead, lug, pack, pick up, piggyback*, ride, schlepp*, shoulder, take, take… …
10bring forward — index bear (adduce), certify (attest), cite (state), elicit, exhibit, manifest …
