Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

action

English answer:

measures taken, steps taken

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Nov 8, 2009 11:05
14 yrs ago
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English term

action

English Law/Patents Law (general)
The document is "application for financial support. victim of an intentional act of violence" http://tinyurl.com/yg3npzu
What does 'action' mean in these contexts? action taken by the court, i.e. court proceedings ? prosecution proceedings? or just any action, not necessarily the legal track?
III Action taken so far, including court action
What action have you taken, and what was the result? Please tick the relevant box.
complaint
case under investigation
closed by prosecution service without action
order by committal court
judgment by trial court
opposition, appeal, cassation,
final judgment
...
VI. Documents that must be attached to this form
principal support - copy of decision or order closing the case without action

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Nov 9, 2009 15:57: airmailrpl Created KOG entry

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measures taken, steps taken

action => measures taken, steps taken

action taken by the court
Action taken so far,
including court action
What action have you taken
closing the case without action
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agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
16 mins
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agree cmwilliams (X)
26 mins
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agree Jack Doughty
1 hr
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agree Rolf Keiser
4 hrs
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agree Polangmar
7 hrs
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agree eski
19 hrs
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any action

Peer comment(s):

agree JangF
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agree Liam Hamilton
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2 hrs

a judicial proceeding


I would tend to think that "action taken by the court" in your above example more closely means a "judicial proceeding" although they are certainly "measures" or "steps" that airmailrpl mentions.



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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-08 13:43:24 GMT)
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By law, a proceeding is the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
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