#legal_action__legalaction__action__action_at_law  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
  subtype:  antitrust_case  counterclaim  custody_case  test_case  lis_pendens
  supertype:  judicial_proceeding__proceeding__legal_proceeding__legalproceeding__proceedings__proceeding  (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
     supertype:  due_process_of_law__due_process__dueproces  (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards
        supertype:  group_action__groupaction  action taken by a group of people
           supertype:  human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen
              supertype:  process__proces  situation commonly considered as making a change during some period of time
                 supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                    supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
                 supertype:  process_or_process_description
                    supertype:  processing_thing
                       supertype:  thing_playing_some_role  category to classify things according to roles/viewpoints; classification under this category is application-dependant
                          supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type
              supertype:  process__proces__physicalsituation  intuitively, the class of things that happen and have temporal parts or stages; examples include extended events like a football match or a race, actions like pursuing and reading, and biological processes; sumo#process is not identical to pm#situation because an instance of pm#situation is not necessarily an instance of sumo#physical
                 supertype:  situation  something that "occurs" in a real/imaginary region of time and space
                 supertype:  process_or_process_description
                 supertype:  physical__physical_thing  an entity that has a location in space-time; locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time; click here for more details on the identical category sowa#physical_thing
                    supertype:  thing__something___T__t___3D_or_4D_thing_or_anything_else  any category (type or individual) is instance of this type; any type is also a subtype of this type

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