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91wrongful death action — n: an action that is brought by and in the name of the personal representative (as a spouse or parent) of one who dies a wrongful death and that seeks damages for the benefit of the survivors or the estate of the decedent compare survival action… …
92class action — n: an action in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of a class of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and whose rights or liabilities can …
93local action — n: an action (as for trespassing) that must be brought in the venue that has jurisdiction over the situs or is otherwise designated by law compare transitory action Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
94Missing in action — This article is about the military term. For other uses, see Missing in action (disambiguation). Grave of an unknown British soldier killed during the Battle of Leros. Because his identity is unknown, he is missing in action …
95collusive action — n. A lawsuit brought by people who do not actually have a grievance in order to see how the court will rule or to establish a precedent; courts will not hear collusive actions because they have no real controversy. The Essential Law Dictionary.… …
96forms of action — governed common law pleading and were the procedural devices used to give expression to the theories of liability recognized by the common law. Failure to analyze the cause of action properly, to select the proper theory of liability and to… …
97forms of action — governed common law pleading and were the procedural devices used to give expression to the theories of liability recognized by the common law. Failure to analyze the cause of action properly, to select the proper theory of liability and to… …
98local action — noun 1. : voltaic action at an electrode of an electrolytic cell consisting of currents set up in the electrolyte between chemically different areas due to impurities on its surface 2. : a legal action that by its nature must have arisen in a… …
99survival action — n: an action for the recovery of damages for injury to a fatally injured person that is brought by his or her personal representative compare wrongful death action ◇ A survival action depends on the existence of a cause of action that the… …
100possessory action — n. A lawsuit in which the plaintiff’s objective is to recover possession of real property, as opposed to recovering title to it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.… …
