"cause of action" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: causes of action [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|causes of action}} cause of action (plural causes of action)
  1. (law) A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another. Categories (topical): Law Translations (legal: condition that entitles suing): 訴因 (Chinese Mandarin), 诉因 (sùyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), syyteoikeus (Finnish), cause d’action [feminine] (French), motif valable [masculine] (French), roszczenie [neuter] (Polish), causa de pedir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cause_of_action-en-noun-u5CgGOSC Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal: condition that entitles suing': 88 12
  2. (law) A civil lawsuit. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cause_of_action-en-noun-SeyVOJnT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 28 72 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gravamen, standing, survival statute

Inflected forms

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