"cause of action" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Related terms: gravamen, standing, survival statute 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 83 17 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'legal: condition that entitles suing': 97 3
  2. (law) A civil lawsuit. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cause_of_action-en-noun-SeyVOJnT Topics: law

Inflected forms

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