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cause of action

cause of action noun: a condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.

Noun

cause of action (plural causes of action)

  1. A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.
    • If someone strikes you, then you have a cause of action for battery.
  2. A civil lawsuit.

cause of action meaning in Tamil and Kannada

cause of action in Tamil

செயல் நோக்கம், வழக்கு உறுவாய், வழக்கு மூலம், வழக்கு விளைவும், வழக்குமூலம், வினைமுதல்

cause of action in Kannada

ವ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ಕಾರಣ

Forms of cause of action

pluralcauses of action

Questions about cause of action

What does cause of action mean?
Cause of action means a condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another.
What is cause of action in Tamil?
Cause of action in Tamil is செயல் நோக்கம், வழக்கு உறுவாய், வழக்கு மூலம். See Cause of action meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cause of action?
Cause of action is a noun.
What is the plural of cause of action?
The plural of cause of action is causes of action.

Words near cause of action in the dictionary

  1. cause
  2. cause a stir
  3. cause and effect
  4. cause celebre
  5. cause célèbre
  6. cause of action
  7. cause of death
  8. caused
  9. caused a stir
  10. causedness
  11. causedst

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cause of action (page history and authors); cause of action (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cause of action (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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