RIGHT OF ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right of action mean? 

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

1. the legal right to sue

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT OF ACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal right to sue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)