CAUSE OF ACTION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cause of action" is a kind of...):

claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Credits