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CAUSE OF ACTION
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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)