a case or lawsuit; a legal and formal demand for enforcement of one's rights against another party asserted in a court of justice.

a case or lawsuit; a legal and formal demand for enforcement of one's rights against another party asserted in a court of justice.
One of the old common-law forms of action that provided a remedy for the invasion of personal or property interests.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.

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