Cause Of Action Definition

noun
The facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law.
Webster's New World

A collection of facts that, if true, would entitle a party to be awarded a remedy from another party by a court; the facts that give a person the legal right to sue. See also claim for relief and right of action.

Webster's New World Law
A lawsuit.
Webster's New World Law
In many states, the same as a claim for relief.
Webster's New World Law

(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.
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Other Word Forms of Cause Of Action

Noun

Singular:
cause of action
Plural:
causes-of-action

Cause Of Action Sentence Examples

  • Before applying for an absolute divorce the plaintiff must have resided in the state for the year next preceding, unless the cause of action is adultery committed while the plaintiff was a resident of the state.

  • Unless the cause of action is adultery or at least one of the parties was a resident of the state at the time the cause of action arose and has continued to reside there, no suit for a divorce can be begun until one of the parties shall have resided in the state for the two years next preceding.

  • Furthermore, the cause of action must have been recognized in the jurisdiction in which the petitioner resided at the time it arose.

  • The principal grounds for divorce are impotence, bigamy, adultery, conviction of felony or other infamous crime subsequent to the marriage or before the marriage if unknown to the other party, desertion or habitual drunkenness for one year, such cruel or barbarous treatment as to endanger the life of the other, such conduct as to render the condition of the other intolerable, and vagrancy of the husband; but before applying for a divorce the plaintiff must reside in the state for one year immediately preceding, unless the cause of action was given within the state or while the plaintiff was a resident of the state.

  • Breach of contract â suing the seller The most straightforward cause of action in a share sale dispute will always be breach of contract.

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