cause of action

English

Noun

cause of action (plural causes of action)

1. (law) 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. (law) A civil lawsuit.

Translations

legal: condition that entitles suing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訴因／诉因 (zh) (sùyīn)

• Finnish: syyteoikeus
• French: cause d’action f, motif valable m
• Polish: roszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: causa de pedir

See also

• gravamen
• standing
• survival statute