CAUSE OF ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cause of action mean? 

• CAUSE OF ACTION (noun)
  The noun CAUSE OF ACTION has 1 sense:

1. a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action

  Familiarity information: CAUSE OF ACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAUSE OF ACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cause of action" is a kind of...):

claim (an assertion of a right (as to money or property))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

To-morrow, at breakfast, we are to meet again, and, after making our conclusions known to one another, we shall decide on some definite cause of action.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)