action
She said she took no pleasure at all in bringing legal action.
The magazine closed down after losing a libel action brought by a rival news organization.
The governments of member states have the right to bring actions before the court.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Taking legal action
abatement order
ambulance-chasing
appear for someone
bring
cease
complainant
indict
indictment
lawyer up
legal action
litigant
litigate
litigation
petitioner
prosecution
prosecutorial
reindict
reindictment
retry
summons