to take legal proceedings

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• 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 / lē gəl/ adj [Latin legalis, from leg lex law] 1: of or relating to law or the processes of law a legal question take legal action 2 a: deriving authority from or founded on law a legal tariff rate a legal government …   Law dictionary

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• 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

• legal — / li:gFl/ adjective 1 allowed, ordered, or approved by law: He had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream. | plans to make the carrying of identity cards a legal requirement | the legal age for: the legal age for voting 2 (only… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

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