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CIVIL ACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("civil action" is a kind of...):
action; action at law; legal action (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)
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