Judicial action
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Action of a court upon a cause, by hearing it, and determining what shall be adjudged or decreed between the parties, and with which is the right of the case.
Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 12 Pet. 718, 9 L. Ed. 1233; Kerosene Lamp Heater Co. v. Monitor Oil Stove Co., 4l Ohio St. 293.