Synonyms for legal action
le·gal ac·tion

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1. legal action, action, action at lawnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   action, activeness, natural action, natural process, activity, military action, action mechanism, action at law

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1. • Law
   • Proceeding

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1. Carter Dillard:

   Tyson Foods has a history of abusing animals. They're not isolated incidents. This is a company-wide problem of exploiting workers and animals in a system designed to maximize profit. What’s different about our investigation is that we are taking legal action.

2. James Reilly:

   This week I received letters from two of the largest tobacco companies in the world threatening legal action against this state, i want to be crystal clear. We will put the health of our children ahead of the profits of Imperial Tobacco and Japan Tobacco International every time.

3. Huawei Rotating:

   The Guo Ping Congress has repeatedly failed to produce any evidence to support The US Congress restrictions on Huawei Rotating products, we are compelled to take this legal action as a proper and last resort.

4. Alireza Jahangirian:

   As long as ... a disruption has not taken place, we cannot make a definite assertion. But if it happens, Iran will take legal action, america does not have the right to stop our planes on international trips ... Under international laws, it is impossible to seize the new Iranian aircraft.

5. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak:

   I have referred this to my lawyers and my lawyers will advise me on the best course of legal action that I can take within the country and overseas.