collusive action — See collusive suit … Ballentine's law dictionary
collusive action — An action not founded upon an actual controversy between the parties to it, but brought for purpose of securing a determination of a point of law for the gratification of curiosity or to settle rights of third persons not parties. Such actions… … Black's law dictionary
collusive action — An action not founded upon an actual controversy between the parties to it, but brought for purpose of securing a determination of a point of law for the gratification of curiosity or to settle rights of third persons not parties. Such actions… … Black's law dictionary
Collusive lawsuit — A collusive lawsuit (sometimes referred to as a collusive action) is a lawsuit in which the parties to the suit have no actual quarrel with one another, but one sues the other to achieve some result desired by both. Contents 1 Examples 1.1… … Wikipedia
action — Conduct; behavior; something done; the condition of acting; an act or series of acts. Term in its usual legal sense means a lawsuit brought in a court; a formal complaint within the jurisdiction of a court of law. Pathman Const. Co. v. Knox… … Black's law dictionary
action — Conduct; behavior; something done; the condition of acting; an act or series of acts. Term in its usual legal sense means a lawsuit brought in a court; a formal complaint within the jurisdiction of a court of law. Pathman Const. Co. v. Knox… … Black's law dictionary
collusive suit — An action brought by collusion, without any real controversy to adjudicate. Haley v Eureka County Bank, 21 Nev 127, 26 P 64; an action intended to obtain a judicial opinion rather than to decide and determine an actual and existing controversy. 1 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Class action — This article is about the legal term. For names of various art works, see Class Action (disambiguation). Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil procedure Jurisdiction Subject matter jurisdiction… … Wikipedia
derivative action — n: a suit brought by a shareholder on behalf of a corporation or by a member on behalf of an association to assert a cause of action usu. against an officer which the corporation or association has itself failed to assert for its injuries –… … Law dictionary
collusion — col·lu·sion /kə lü zhən/ n: the act or an instance of colluding col·lu·sive / siv/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
