right of action
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 386 U.S. 503 - Crown Coat Front Co. v. United States · 1967Most cited · 599 citing opinions
if its claim arose under the contract, it first accrued at the time of the final decision of the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, that is, upon the completion of the administrative proceedings contemplated and required by the provisions of the contract. … the 'right of action' of which § 2401(a) speaks is not the right to administrative action but the right to file a civil action in the courts against the United States.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The right to bring suit; a legal right to maintain an action, growing out of a given transaction or state of facts, and based thereon. See "Action." By the old writers "right of action" is commonly used to denote that a person has lost a right of entry, and has nothing but a right of action left. Co. Litt. 363b.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910