Act
Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.
Legal action and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legal action" instead a noun "Act".
Legal action
Legal action noun - 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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Synonyms for Legal action
Act and legal action are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun phrase "Legal action".
Both terms in one sentence
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When the Insurance companies refuse to pay on the basis of it being an act of god, Steve contemplates legal action.
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For example, one character joins the council in order to force the school to take action against the rampant sexual harassment going on (though in that character's case it was more her and her family threatening legal action than the position in the school council that got the school to act).
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