bring an action
Example Sentences
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Suppose a presidential candidate wants to bring an action.
From Salon • Sep. 20, 2024
“Even if the court says hypothetically you can bring an action against a president, I think they’re likely to draw a line that is very generous to the president’s protected conduct.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2023
“They could bring an action against the company he now owns … to enforce that promise.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Circuit Court of Appeals is currently considering the case, en banc, on the question of whether Congress has the legal right to bring an action in court to enforce this subpoena.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2020
It would not really matter, only I seem to have signed something and now Markhams threaten to bring an action against us for culpable negligence in leaving them in an empty flat.”
From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest
