WordNet
action at law
n. 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: legal action, action]
Usage examples of "action at law".
On the advice of the committee, no action at law against the delegate-perpetrators was contemplated by the Soviet judiciary.
That ought to come out of the estate, and it'll be cheaper than an action at law.