单词 | civil action |
释义 | civil action (once / 27047 pages) n WORD FAMILY civil action: civil actions USAGE EXAMPLESA few victims of cyber harassment have successfully pursued civil actions. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) Under state law, Edwards can now opt to bring his own civil action against the transit agency on behalf of the state. Seattle Times(Oct 19, 2016) It followed a landmark civil action brought by relatives of some of the 29 people killed in the 1998 bombing. BBC(Sep 29, 2016) n legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) Hyper 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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