take legal proceedings against

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• take proceedings against — make a lawsuit, stake a legal claim …   English contemporary dictionary

• legal 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… …   Financial and business terms

• legal — le|gal W1S3 [ˈli:gəl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin legalis, from lex law ] 1.) if something is legal, you are allowed to do it or have to do it by law ≠ ↑illegal ▪ What the company has done is perfectly legal. ▪ plans to make the …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• take someone to law — initiate legal proceedings against someone …   Useful english dictionary

• Legal professional privilege (England & Wales) — In England and Wales, the principle of legal professional privilege has long been recognised by the common law. It is seen as a fundamental principle of justice, and grants a protection from disclosing evidence. It is a right that attaches to the …   Wikipedia

• Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series — Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s, the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling has engendered a number of legal disputes. Rowling, her various publishers and Time Warner, the owner of the rights to the Harry Potter films, have …   Wikipedia

• legal action — noun 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: ↑action, ↑action at law • Derivationally related forms: ↑action (for:… …   Useful english dictionary

• proceedings — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ court, criminal, judicial, legal ▪ bankruptcy, divorce, extradition, impeachment, libel ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Odex's actions against file-sharing — Odex s head office at International Plaza, where the out of court settlements to the company by alleged illegal downloaders were made. Odex s actions against file sharing were legal actions against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and their… …   Wikipedia

• Legal aid — is the provision of assistance to people otherwise unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and …   Wikipedia

• Legal death — is a legal pronouncement by a qualified person that further medical care is not appropriate and that a patient should be considered dead under the law. The specific criteria used to pronounce legal death are variable and often depend on certain… …   Wikipedia