civil action
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Noun | 1. | civil action - legal action to protect a private civil right or to compel a civil remedy (as distinguished from criminal prosecution) action at law, legal action, action - 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 |
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