Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun civil_action

1 sense of civil action

Sense 1
civil action -- (legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution))
       => legal action, action, action at law -- (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)