The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PLEA , but the solution may also be TRIAL which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in Wall Street Journal).
Court action crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLEA | 50 % | 4 |
| DRIBBLE | 11 % | 7 |
| SUIT | 6 % | 4 |
| LOB | 6 % | 3 |
| PASSINGSHOT | 3 % | 11 |
| HOOPS | 3 % | 5 |
| TENNIS | 3 % | 6 |
| FINE | 3 % | 4 |
| SERVE | 3 % | 5 |
| PROBATE | 3 % | 7 |
| APPEAL | 3 % | 6 |
| TRIAL | 3 % | 5 |
| CASE | 3 % | 4 |
| LIBELSUIT | 3 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Court action
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- legal action
- civil action
- law suit
- litigation
- lawsuit
- legal proceeding
- lawsuits
- court order
- litigations
- countersuit
- litigating
- injunction
Crossword Answer definitions
PLEA noun- An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- An excuse; an apology.
- That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
- That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
- An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
- The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
- A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
- To plead; to argue.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PLEA
- Adjuration
- Beg
- Entreaty
- Kind of bargain
- Appeal
- Bargain ploy
- Court offering
- Nolo contendere, e.g.
- __ bargain
- "Not guilty" is one
More clues leading to the result DRIBBLE
- Emulate Michael Jordan
- Emulate Dr. J
- Slaver
- Fall slowly in drops
- Bounce, in basketball
- Court maneuver
- Bounce on a court
- Bounce the basketball
- Bounce
- Court action
More clues leading to the result SUIT
- Clubs or spades, but not saws
- Wall-Street type
- Management type
- Word with birthday or union
- Businesswear
- Appeal, e.g. (as a noun), or appeal to (as a verb)
- Deck division
- Exec
- Hearts, for example
- Part of a bridge bid
More clues leading to the result LOB
- Agassi shot
- Arcing shot
- Tennis shot
- High return
- Tennis ploy
- Wimbledon stroke
- High-arching toss
- Toss in the air
- Ask, as a softball question
- Soft pitch
More clues leading to the result PASSINGSHOT
More clues leading to the result HOOPS
- Certain earrings
- Hula ___
- Hula in them
- Basketball
- B-ball
- Basketball, slangily
- Roundball
- Basketball needs
- Wickets
- This puzzle's theme, familiarly
More clues leading to the result TENNIS
- Love game?
- Racket game
- Wimbledon game
- 28 Down's game
- Sport of 81 Across
- Rally game
- Wii Sports game
- Court goings-on
- The game of love?
- Court proceedings?
More clues leading to the result FINE
- Better than good
- Free from impurity
- All well and good
- Monetary punishment
- Speeder's penalty
- Capital punishment?
- "It's all good"
- Ticket number?
- Excellent
- "Can't complain"
More clues leading to the result SERVE
- Ace, maybe
- Fill the bill
- Do a hitch
- Return's precursor?
- Use English, perhaps
- Be a waitron
- Tennis opener
- Send toward Venus, say
- Wait on
- Match initiator
More clues leading to the result PROBATE
- Estate court
- Will authentication
- Will administration process
- Court concerned with wills
- Will process
- Legal estate work
- Type of court
- Authentication of a will
- Proof of a will.
- Official proof.
More clues leading to the result APPEAL
- Attorney's recourse
- Seek a new trial
- Attractive quality
- Post-verdict recourse
- Attraction or charm
- Attraction
- Fund-raiser's letter
- Legal action
- Court case, sometimes
- Petition
More clues leading to the result TRIAL
- Error's mate
- Experiment
- Hearing
- Lawyer's gig
- Scopes was a famous one
- "My Cousin Vinny" event
- Free period for a product
- It may go through a peer-review process
- ___ offer
- Error's partner
More clues leading to the result CASE
- Lawyer's assignment
- Soda quantity
- Basket or federal
- Perry Mason story
- Poirot's on it
- Scope out
- "You've got a __!"
- Instance
- Mason title word
- Mason's job