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Definition: Action At Law |
Action At LawNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Law | Prosecution entered by the Public Prosecutor against a person who has committed a wrong which gives rise to a "civil action" in favour of the injured party. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Action At LawSynonyms: action (n), legal action (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Action At Law |
| English words defined with "action at law": Common recovery ♦ Final process ♦ Prejudical ♦ Quantum valebat ♦ Writ of error. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "action at law": WILDLIFE AGENT, REGIONAL. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "action at law"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | strafvordering (criminal prosecution, penal action, prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | syyttäjän aloitteesta vireillepantava rikosoikeudenkäynti (criminal prosecution, penal action, prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | action publique (penal action). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Amtsklage (prosecution), Offizialklage (prosecution), öffentliche Anklage (prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | per (action, cause, lawsuit, legal action, litigation, proceedings, suit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | azione pubblica (prosecution), azione d'ufficio (prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | actionay atay awlay acção penal (criminal case, criminal prosecution, penal action, prosecution). (various references) allmänt åtal (criminal prosecution, penal action, prosecution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-n-o-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: catatonia, lactation. | |
-3 letters: coattail, octantal, tailcoat, tantalic. | |
-4 letters: actinal, alation, cantala, cantata, cattail, cattalo, taction. | |
-5 letters: action, alnico, anatto, atonal, atonic, attain, atwain, canola, catalo, cation, catlin, citola, coital, intact, latino, lattin, octant, oilcan, talion, tincal, wittol. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 74 69 6F 6E      41 74      4C 61 77 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01000001 01110100 00100000 01001100 01100001 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c t i o n   A t   L a w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 0074 0069 006F 006E      0041 0074      004C 0061 0077 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)356986758180235862466789 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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